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The Dispute Resolution Centre

The Dispute Resolution Centre (established in 1989) has had another year of activity and achievement. Based in the Faculty of Law, the Dispute Resolution Centre continues its national reputation for training, teaching, research and mediation processes.

The aims and objectives of the Centre are:

  • To promote a better understanding of the need for, dynamics of, and advantages of consensus-oriented procedures of dispute resolution.
  • To develop modules in negotiation, mediation, arbitration and other forms of alternative dispute resolution in the Law Faculty’s programs.
  • To provide training in dispute resolution methods for lawyers and other professionals involved in this field.
  • To encourage and facilitate research and publications in the different areas of dispute resolution.
  • To provide an umbrella organisation for individuals and bodies involved in this field.

During 2011 the aims and objectives of the Centre were achieved through courses, workshops and seminars presented on and off campus, as well as directed research, including:

  • Due to the success of the first on campus five day Family Mediation course in August 2010 a further two courses ran in 2011 and are proving popular. This course satisfies two goals—first it is a postgraduate course; secondly, and significantly, it satisfies the complex statutory requirements of being an Accredited Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Federal Attorney General’s Department.

During 2011 members of the Centre had numerous publications:

John Wade has delivered keynote papers at:

  • Annual conference of Collaborative Lawyers, Calgary, 8 April 2011.
  • Keynote paper at annual conference of International Association of Mediators on Risk Analysis in Mediation and Negotiation, Napa Valley, California, May 2011.
  • Annual conference of the British Columbia Lawyers’ Fund keynote speaker on Challenges for Insurance Negotiators, and Negotiating with Hard Bargainers, 26 May 2011.
  • National Family Law Convention, Negotiating with Difficult People, Canberra, 20 Oct 2011.

And published the following articles:

  • “Negotiating with Difficult People” (2011) 2 Faulkner Law Rev. 221
  • “Myths, Propaganda and Reality: Negotiating Dispute Resolution Settlements with the National Government”, Bond University Newsletter, Aug, 2011
  • Directive and Evaluative Mediation: All Mediators Give Advice, mediate.com, October 2011

Laurence Boulle delivered the following conference papers:

  • Rebuilding the State - The Case of South Africa’, Conference on Globalisation, the Global Financial Crisis and the Reinvention of the State, Bond University, Australia, 28 July 2011.
  • ‘Cross-Border Mining Investments - A Developing World Perspective’ at Conference on International Investment in Mining and Energy – Domestic and International Perspectives, Fischer Centre for Global Finance, Bond University, Australia, 21 July 2011.
  • ‘Promoting Rights through Court-Based ADR’, Access to Justice Conference, Office of the Chief Justice, 8-10 July, Johannseburg.
  • ‘Why Do Emerging Nations Want to Participate in the G20? A South African Perspective’, Conference on the G-20, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, South Korea, April 2011.
  • Globalisation and Governance (ed), (SiberInk Publishers, Cape Town, 2011)

Laurence Boulle published the third edition of Mediation: Principles Process Practice, Lexis Nexis Sydney, 2011.

He also published:

  • ‘New Directions in Global Financial Regulation and Governance’, (2010) 11 St Augustine Papers 115-134.
  • ‘ADR in International Investment Disputes’, (2011) 11 ADR Bulletin 96-108
  • ‘Why Do Emerging Nations Want to Participate in the G20? A South African Perspective’, in W Hofmeister (ed), G 20 –Perceptions and Perspectives for Global Governance (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Singapore, 2011)
  • ‘Swaying to the Rhythms of the Global Beat – State, Corporation and Citizen under Economic Globalisation’, Inaugural Lecture, University of the Witwatersrand, 29 September 2010, published by Mandela Institute, Working Papers Series, 2011.

Laurence Boulle was also elected Chair of the Mediator Standards Board at the end of 2011.

Bobette Wolski has delivered the following Conference papers:

  • Paper titled ADR Ethics: Regulating Disclosure in Mediation, Second International Private Law Conference, Cyprus, 19 – 22 September 2011.

And published the following articles:

  • ‘ADR Ethics: Regulating Disclosure in Mediation’ (2012) 5 International Journal of Private Law.
  • ‘Reform of the Civil Justice System 25 Years Past – (In)Adequate Responses from Law Schools and Professional Associations? (and How Best to Change the Behaviour of Lawyers)’ (2011) 40 Common Law World Review 40-93.

Linda Kochanski was appointed to the Editorial Board of the Family Law Review (Thomson Reuters)

And published the following article:

  • ‘ FDR using a multigenerational approach: The role of grandparents – entitilement or privilege?’ (2011) Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal 22/3 144 -159

Find out more about the Dispute Resolution Centre