For Lawyers

Our team provides support not only directly to clients but also to their legal counsel.

We provide:

advice to lawyers around process options;
training in relation to the processes we offer; and
ongoing support and case management for any active cases with a dedicated case manager.

Contact us today by completing the form on this page and we can make a time to discuss how we can best help you in your practice.

The Brain Science of Conflict

by Catherine Green | 12/07/2019 | Counselling, Elder Mediation, Family Law, FDR Mediation, Mediation, Voice of the Child | 0 Comments

Yesterday, we at the FDR Centre were delighted to co-host with NZDRC two sessions with Kathryn Berkett learning all about the neuroscience behind conflict. Sounds complicated? Luckily Kathryn is absolutely brilliant at communicating the science in a completely...

School’s in! – learning from home during lockdown

by Kaye Penney | 14/04/2020 | FDR Centre | 0 Comments

School's in! - learning from home during lockdown Tomorrow is the start of the second term of the school year - a term that is looking unlike any other we have seen. The Ministry of Education has been working quickly to introduce a package of options to ensure...

Tips for Managing the Shared Care of Children During the Covid-19 Lockdown Period – part 2

by Kaye Penney | 06/04/2020 | FDR Mediation | 0 Comments

Tips for Managing the Shared Care of Children During the Covid-19 Lockdown Period – part 2 Self-care, finances and working co-operatively Your personal health and safety is important You must take care of yourself in order to care for your children. ...

Tips for Managing the Shared Care of Children During the Covid-19 Lockdown Period – Part 1

by Kaye Penney | 02/04/2020 | FDR Centre | 0 Comments

Tips for Managing the Shared Care of Children During the Covid-19 Lockdown Period – part 1 Based on our experience of working with thousands of families over many years we have put together a few tips that we hope help you better understand what options are...

Navigating unchartered waters: co-parenting through COVID-19

by Kaye Penney | 25/03/2020 | FDR Centre | 0 Comments

Navigating unchartered waters: co-parenting through COVID-19 The outbreak of the COVID-19 virus is presenting us with challenges unseen in most of our lifetimes. We are faced with changes on a daily basis as to how we conduct our lives and there is no timeframe being...

Arbitration and mediation of disputes involving trusts get the green light in New Zealand

by Kaye Penney | 18/09/2019 | Arbitration, Mediation, Trusts and Estates | 0 Comments

In July this year, the New Zealand Parliament passed the Trusts Bill which contains unique and important provisions that expressly provide for arbitration and mediation of internal and external disputes involving trusts, including for court-ordered arbitration or...

Father’s Day

by Catherine Green | 01/09/2019 | FDR Centre | 0 Comments

Where does Father's Day originate from? In New Zealand we have celebrated Father's Day since at least 1929 when it was first observed in a service at St Matthews Church in Auckland, following the tradition of a Mother's Day service which had already been established....

FDR Centre Panellist, Tom Stodulka, named Resolution Institute Australian Mediator of the Year

by Kaye Penney | 08/08/2019 | Mediation | 0 Comments

Congratulations to FDR Centre Panellist, Tom Stodulka, who was named Mediator of the Year at the prestigious Australasian Law Awards earlier this year. Tom was one of eight finalists from throughout Australia who were nominated for the Resolution Institute- Mediator...

Ten years of litigation says private dispute resolution for relationship property disputes is a smart option

by Catherine Green | 26/07/2019 | Arb-Med, Arbitration, Family Law, Mediation, Relationship Property | 0 Comments

In a judgment released yesterday the Supreme Court in Scott v Williams [2019] NZSC 80 [25 July 2019], dismissed an application by Ms Scott for an extension of time for applying for leave to appeal against two earlier costs judgments. There is nothing particularly...

Law Commission recommends out of court dispute resolution for relationship property disputes

by Catherine Green | 26/07/2019 | Arb-Med, Arbitration, Family Law, Mediation, Relationship Property | 0 Comments

This week Justice Minister Andrew Little tabled the Law Commission’s final report on its review of the Property (Relationships) Act 1976 (the Act). The Act sets out how relationship property should be divided when a relationship ends by separation or death. The report...