Important COVID-19 Update

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These are certainly challenging times for us all.

We are committed to doing everything we can to prioritise the wellbeing of our people, those who use our services and their representatives and the communities we serve to help contain the spread of COVID-19. We also want to reassure you that we continue to be fully operational and that we will continue to provide our full suite of dispute resolution services during this time.

Having well developed online dispute resolution options, this is in many ways business as usual for us as we focus on providing a seamless service, regardless of where our case management staff, mediators, arbitrators, and other dispute resolution practitioners are working.

We know you are working through similar challenges to ours and that these are uncertain times for everyone. From all of us here we send our thoughts to you, your teams and families.

We have developed a range of FAQs for FDR Mediation which cover the questions we are being asked most often – read them here. Please let us know if we can be of further assistance to you and we will keep you informed with any further updates.

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

by | 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...
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Navigating unchartered waters: co-parenting through COVID-19

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

by | 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...
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Father’s Day

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

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

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

by | 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...
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Independent Panel’s Report on Family Justice System welcomed

by | 17/06/2019 | Family Law | 0 Comments

  Yesterday the Minister of Justice, Hon. Andrew Little, released the much-awaited report by the Independent Panel established to consider the 2014 family justice reforms. The Panel, headed by former Human Rights Commissioner, Ros Noonan, and comprising...
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A (sad) Tale of Four Sisters, a Property Magnate, Two Wellington Professionals and a Liquor Baron

by | 18/04/2019 | Family Law, Relationship Property, Trusts and Estates, Wills | 0 Comments

Disputes over inheritance and division of relationship property leave parties reeling and broke and the public entertained at their expense The late William (Bill) Walker took over farming his parents’ farm, Hazeldale, in 1950. He developed it into a much...
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