The people who help you get to resolution.

Alan Limbury is a pioneer of mediation in Australia. He established the first ADR practice group in an Australian law firm in 1987 and was a Founder and former Chairman of LEADR. He contributed to the adoption by the Law Society of NSW of a model contract clause for the resolution of disputes (1987) and guidelines for solicitors who practise as mediators (1988) and to the Law Council of Australia’s policy on ADR, model legislation and rules for court-annexed mediation, ethical standards for mediators and the role and responsibilities of lawyers in mediation (1999-2007).

Alan has been mediating since 1987 in over 1,800 commercial and intellectual property disputes in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. Alan also has experience in assisting companies to devise negotiation strategies to resolve long running litigious disputes such as class actions. He has authored many papers over a prolific career as a commercial litigation solicitor and mediator. He was described in the 1996/97 edition of Legal Profiles as “the leading practitioner” in ADR in Sydney; by The Times of London in 2007 as “the leading Australian mediator”; and by Who’s Who Legal 2013 as “one of the most highly regarded” commercial mediators worldwide and “a genius”.

Angela is an accredited mediator under the National Standards and a BarADR approved expert determiner and arbitrator. She is a member of the mediation panels of IP Australia, the World Intellectual Property Organisation, Supreme Court of NSW, District Court of NSW, Resolution Institute, the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, the dispute resolution panel for APRA AMCOS and the expert panel for Screenrights.

Delwyn Everard is a lawyer and arts advocate. She has worked with artists and arts organisations for the last 15 years and was the deputy director of the Arts Law Centre of Australia for 10 years. She has worked extensively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities and their community art centres and on many significant cross platform art projects and public art commissions. She is on the board of the Art Month Sydney Festival.

David specialises in conflict management and constructive communication, and facilitates high performance outcomes for workgroups and executive teams. He is currently an associate at La Trobe University School of Law, and has previously taught and published with multiple universities in history, politics and law.

David co-founded Transformative Justice Australia, and is President of the Victorian Association for Restorative justice. David’s past work has inspired David Williamson’s Jack Manning Trilogy of plays, and Michael Rymer’s award–winning film Face to Face.

Franca is an experienced, efficient, empathic and effective mediator. She has been operating Dispute Management Services (DMS) since 1995, providing a range of services to individuals and organizations (including companies, partnerships, universities, hospitals, government departments, local councils, churches and schools).

The aim of DMS is to widen the range of effective choices available to people and organizations dealing with conflict and to assist individuals and organizations to access services most appropriate to their situation. The intention is to manage conflict in a way that restores collaboration and respect, and, in the context of the workplace, that supports sustainable and productive work environments able to harness the potential of a diverse workforce.

Specialties: Business management; artist relations; marketing; talent acquisition; personnel management; event management and promotion.

Lynora Brooke has extensive experience working with chief executive, senior leaders and middle management in the public and private sectors in Australia and overseas.

With over 35 years in business management and consulting, Lynora has strong diverse experience across a broad range of organisations in a number of countries.

Margaret established Halsmith Dispute Resolution (HDR) in 1996 as her specialist dispute resolution practice. Margaret came to Dispute Resolution after a career in psychology and education which informs her uniquely effective approach to her practice. From 1996 to 2017, Margaret mediated full time. During 2018 Margaret shifted into providing online Professional Development including supervision, coaching, mentoring, mini workshops and more for experienced and for new practitioners throughout Australia and New Zealand. Based in Perth, HDR practiced state-wide from Esperance to Kununurra as well as interstate and overseas. Margaret is widely acknowledged as being among Australia’s foremost mediators. For over 20 years Margaret has mediated full time, enthusiastically providing best practice Mediation, including Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) for two to 30 participants. She is now passing her expertise on to the mediation community. Margaret also consults in complaints and conflict management and dispute system design to organisations from all sectors of business and government.

Michael McMartin has over 40 years experience in the Australian and International Creative Industries dealing with Intellectual Property, Trademarks, Patents, Copyright and Licensing across a wide range of sectors including Music, Film, Photography, Graphic Art, Design and Merchandising.

Nina Harding has worked as a full-time mediator and facilitator for over twenty years and mediated over two thousand disputes.

Peter is a Masters Graduate in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution from Latrobe University and is a Nationally Accredited Mediator. He has a Business background having built an Australia-wide HR professional services company employing over 100 employees and over 300 sub-contractors. Today he runs his consultancy group, Bond National, consulting to parties on the art and practice of negotiation for best outcomes, consulting to individuals, organisations, court disputants and their counsel. He is based in Melbourne and travels widely for work and pursuing his professional development credits. He also pursues photography and music with a passion.

Steve Lancken is one of Australia’s leading mediators and ADR professionals. He is on a number of pre-eminent dispute panels and from 2008 to 2013 Steve served on the National Alternative Dispute Resolution Advisory Council (NADRAC) appointed by the Attorney General of Australia, the Honourable Robert McClelland MP. He uses his experience for training in mediation, negotiation, communication and conflict management.

Having conducted more than 8,000 mediations, Tim McFarlane is highly respected within the Australian legal profession for his commercially focused, practical and balanced approach to conflict resolution. Tim’s extensive and varied expertise has been developed over 37 years whilst employed at, and as a partner in, a number of law firms. Tim has been an Accredited Specialist in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) since 1993.