Dispute Resolution Lawyers inClaremont, Western Australia

Mediation in WA runs under several frameworks. Civil mediation under the Civil Procedure Act 2010 (WA) framework is often used at Magistrates and District Court level; the Supreme Court Commercial List in particular makes extensive use of court-ordered mediation. Family-law mediation operates under the section 60I framework — a certificate is generally required before filing a parenting application in the FCWA, with exceptions for urgency and family violence.

Commercial arbitration in WA is conducted under the Commercial Arbitration Act 2012 (WA) for domestic arbitrations. International commercial arbitrations involving WA-resident parties typically run under the International Arbitration Act 1974 (Cth). Higher-end commercial contracts (M&A, professional partnerships, joint ventures) often include arbitration clauses; the partner firm runs both pre-arbitration and arbitration-hearing phases.

Inheritance disputes — Family Provision claims, will-validity challenges, executor-removal applications, trust disputes — are an established western-suburbs dispute class. Mediation is typically the first substantive step before final hearing; many matters resolve at this stage. The partner firm runs the dispute through the right stream (Supreme Court for Family Provision, SAT for guardianship-and-administration, or arbitration for trust-deed disputes that nominate it).

When you contact LawyerLink for a Claremont dispute-resolution matter, we route to a partner firm whose practice covers the relevant dispute type — commercial, family, inheritance, body-corporate. Half-day mediations commonly run $1,500-$4,000 per party (plus mediator's fee, typically shared); full-day commercial mediations and arbitration run higher.