
As well as providing a full range of specialist Family Law advice and representation services, Mark is able to offer expert mediation for all types of disputes.
He is accredited as a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner by the Federal Attorney General’s Department and can therefore provide compulsory Family Dispute Resolution and issue s60I Certificates under the Family Law Act. He is also a member of the Australian Institute of Family Law Arbitrators and Mediators (AIFLAM), and of LEADR.
In addition, he is uniquely qualified to mediate in other civil disputes: as well as being an Accredited Specialist in Family Law and an FDRP, he spent the first decade of his career as a commercial lawyer practising in the Sydney CBD, both as a partner of Solomon Garland Partners and as a Director of national law firm Gadens Lawyers. He is a member of the NSW District Court Mediators Panel and of the NSW Law Society’s Mediator Panel.
He holds the following accreditations and memberships relevant to the provision of mediation services:
- Accreditation as a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner (‘FDRP’) by the Federal Attorney General’s Department
- Accreditation as a Mediator under the National Mediator Accreditation System
- Graduate Diploma in Family Dispute Resolution from the Australian Institute of Social Relations
- Postgraduate Diploma of Psychology from Charles Sturt University (the academic prerequisite for registration as a psychologist)
- Member of the NSW District Court Mediators Panel
- Member of the Law Society of NSW’s Mediator Panel
- Member of the Australian Institute of Family Law Arbitrators and Mediators (AIFLAM)
- Practitioner member of LEADR
All aspects of family law including:
divorce & separation
parenting issues
child support
child adoption
binding financial agreements
de-facto relationships
family and domestic violence & AVOs
property settlements
superannuation
Wills and estates, powers of attorney, guardianship and end of life issues
Trusts, companies and partnerships
Conveyancing
We are very happy to represent clients on a grant of legal aid if available.