Where Family Dispute Resolution Begins

Crystalbrook Byron Bay

6-8 November 2025

Session 1 – Family Law Arbitration – Can We Kick Start it?
Panel – The Hon. Justice Campton, Senior Judicial Registrar Thiele, The Hon. Steven Strickland KC and Rebecca Horsley

1. Kick Starting Arbitrations by Senior Judicial Registrar Thiele
2. Legislative Update – Arbitration by The Hon. Steven Strickland KC

Session 2- Challenging Mediations and Coercive Controlling Parties
Panel – Clare Rowe and Prof. Jill Howieson

1. Dealing with Difficult People in Family Law – Understanding Personality, Emotion, and Behaviour in Clients by Clare Rowe

Session 4 – Child Inclusive Mediation – It’s Ruffling its Feathers, but can it fly?
Panel – Chanel Hughes and Bianca Roche-Bolger

1. Child Inclusive Mediation – It’s Ruffling its Feathers, but can it fly?

Session 5 – Parenting Coordination, Family Law’s New World Order
Speaker – Shelby Timmins

1. Parenting Coordination – Exploring new Family Law Dispute Resolution Directions

Session 6 – Developments in Collaborative Family Law Practice
Panel – Shelby Timmins and Gloria Hawke

1. Collaborative Practice Developments

Session 7 – Family Dispute Resolution and AI
Panel – Her Honour Judge Humphreys and Christian Beck

1. Family Dispute Resolution and AI by Judge Amanda Humphreys

Session 8 – New and Developing Models of Mediation
Panel – The Hon. Colin Forrest SC, Dr Darren Moroney, Debra Parker and Margaret Ross

1. New and Developing Models of Mediation