What I offer

Commercial & Private Mediation

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Not every dispute is a family matter. Business partners. Professional relationships. Neighbours. Colleagues. Landlords and tenants. Community organisations. Any situation where two or more parties are in conflict and want a way through that doesn't involve a courtroom is a situation where mediation can help.
Not every dispute is a family matter. Business partners. Professional relationships. Neighbours. Colleagues. Landlords and tenants. Community organisations. Any situation where two or more parties are in conflict and want a way through that doesn't involve a courtroom is a situation where mediation can help.

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What Commercial Mediation Covers

  • Business partner and shareholder disputes

  • Professional practice and partnership conflicts

  • Contractor, supplier, and client disagreements

  • Neighbour and boundary disputes

  • Body corporate and strata title disputes

  • Community organisation and club conflicts

  • School and education setting disputes, including parent school and staff interpersonal matters

  • Professional service disputes

  • Employment relationship matters (interpersonal and workplace relationship disputes)

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A Different Kind of Mediator

I am an NMAS Accredited Mediator trained in the Resolution Institute facilitative model. But I came to mediation through counselling, and through twenty years working in high stakes organisational environments at Bloomberg, Accenture, and Symantec, where unresolved conflict had real and measurable consequences. That combination shapes everything about how I work.

Most disputes are not purely about facts or money. They are about feeling disrespected, unheard, or unfairly treated. When those things go unacknowledged, no agreement holds. My relational approach means I pay attention to what is actually happening between the parties, not just the agenda. That is where resolution actually lives.

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Why Mediation Rather Than Litigation?

Litigation is public, slow, adversarial, and expensive. It tends to destroy working relationships, even when one party wins. Mediation is the opposite: private, fast, flexible, and focused on what actually matters to the people in the dispute.

Because the agreement comes from the parties themselves, it is far more likely to be honoured. And because the process is confidential, nothing said in the room can be used against either party in subsequent proceedings.

"People do not argue about the policy. They argue about whether they feel respected. Whether their voice counts. Whether they matter in this room."
Sabrina Barbara

Four-Step Visual Timeline

How It Works

Step 1

Free Zoom call

We talk through the dispute, the parties involved, and whether mediation is appropriate. Honest about fit.

Step 1

Free Zoom call

We talk through the dispute, the parties involved, and whether mediation is appropriate. Honest about fit.

Step 2

Pre-Mediation Individual Sessions (Included)

I meet separately with each party. Confidential. Each person arrives at the joint session prepared, not overwhelmed.

Step 2

Pre-Mediation Individual Sessions (Included)

I meet separately with each party. Confidential. Each person arrives at the joint session prepared, not overwhelmed.

Step 3

Joint Mediation Session

Half day or full day. Via Zoom or in person. Legal representatives may attend by agreement of all parties.

Step 3

Joint Mediation Session

Half day or full day. Via Zoom or in person. Legal representatives may attend by agreement of all parties.

Step 4

Agreement

Where resolution is reached, a settlement agreement is documented and signed by both parties.

Step 4

Agreement

Where resolution is reached, a settlement agreement is documented and signed by both parties.

THE PROCESS

What Working Together Looks Like

Who It's For

  • Business partners, directors, or shareholders in dispute

  • Contractors, suppliers, or clients with unresolved disagreements

  • Neighbours and community members in conflict

  • Professional partnerships navigating a significant rift

  • Schools, early childhood settings, and education organisations with interpersonal or community disputes

  • Anyone who wants a fair, skilled, neutral process without going to court

For family disputes involving parenting or care of children matters, see Family Mediation & FDR. For financial and property separation, see Family Financial Mediation.