The Million Dollar Gift
Bridget Read (William Draper's daughter), President Ann Edge and Sir Ian McKay |
AMINZ Fellow KnightedAMINZ Fellow and High Court Judge, Hon Justice (John) Hugh Williams has been recognised as an additional Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services as a judge, in the recent Queen’s Birthday Honours. |
Guidelines for Family Court MediatorsThe Ministry of Justice is soon to announce the guidelines for Counsel – led mediation in the Family Court. |
Auckland University Appoints Honorary Professor
The Faculty of Law at the University of Auckland has appointed senior barrister and renowned international commercial arbitrator David A.R. Williams QC as its first Honorary Professor. |
Australian dispute centre seeks global roleAn international dispute resolution centre will be established in Sydney and will compete for growing cross-border dispute resolution work. |
Is it rude to talk about who would win?
NZLawyer has recently run a two-part series, by Robert Fisher QC, considering the mismatch between rhetoric and reality in New Zealand mediation |
Hard Bargaining Tactics...And How To Deal With Them
NZLawyer recently published an interesting article by Nigel Dunlop on common bargaining tactics encountered in negotiation. Follow this link to read the article. |
National Early Intervention Programme - Family Court
Law News has reported on the national early intervention programme. To read the article follow this link. |
Trans Tasman National Dispute Resolution Bodies Announce Joint Conference
National alternative dispute resolution (ADR) bodies, the Arbitrators' and Mediators' Institute of New Zealand and the Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia (IAMA) have agreed to hold a joint conference in Christchurch, New Zealand, 5-7 August 2010. |
UK: Call for arbitration overhaulInternational arbitration has ‘lost its way', the former lord chief justice Lord Woolf told the Gazette this week, as he launched a set of guidelines which will build mediation into the arbitration process. |
NZ Arbitration Day 2009
Monday 16th November was NZ Arbitration Day featuring: Hon Robert Fisher QC, John Walton, Christine Meechan, John Green, David Williams QC, Hon Justice Clyde Croft, Tómas Kennedy-Grant QC, Brian Keene QC, Sally Fitzgerald, Daniel Kalderimis and Amokura Kawharu. Papers are available in the Members' Only area of the website. |
ADR and the Courts - J. Anderson Little
Renowned mediator, author and attorney Andy Little, gave a keynote address at the recent AMINZ Conference, talking about his experience developing ADR in the courts of North Carolina. His keynote address on ADR and the courts was of great interest to delegates. |
Launch of the AMINZ Conference with Hon Chris Finlayson
Hon Chris Finlayson launched the recent AMINZ conference. In his remarks he emphasised not only mediation and ADR but the importance of the courts |
Kim Hill Interviews Mediator Andy Little
AMINZ brought mediator, author and attorney, Andy Little to New Zealand for our annual conference. |




