Derek Minus
Derek Minus is a barrister and a dispute resolution specialist. He is accredited as a NSW Farm Debt mediator pursuant to the legislation.
He has been approved as an Arbitrator; appointed by the Chief Judge to the list of District Court arbitrators for 2011/2012; and the panel of Local Court arbitrators for 2012/2013, approved by the NSW Bar Association as an Expert Determiner, re-accredited as a Mediator with the NSW Bar Association and appointed to the NSW Supreme Court list and the District Court list of mediators for 2011/2012. He is dual qualified as both an international arbitrator and mediator by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Domestically he is a Nationally Accredited mediator and has been appointed to numerous mediation panels. Since 1992 he has conducted over 1000 mediation/conciliation processes. He uses collaborative strategies and combined mediation-arbitration processes to help people achieve more than just the settlement of their dispute and also leads them towards the transformation of their conflict.
Read a copy of Derek’s farm debt profile: Read ResumeContact:
Phone: 02 9232 4000
Brydget Barker-Hudson
Brydget is a specialist in mediation/arbitration for workplace, medico-legal, insurance, family, environmental and cross-cultural matters both domestic and internationally. In 2010 she was appointed to the International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group) as the “International Consultant in ADR to the National Court of PNG”.
Contact:
Phone: 02 9232 9988
Email: barkerhudson@medarb.com
John McDermott
John McDermott is a Nationally Accredited Mediator, a Court appointed Arbitrator and a member of the Arbitration Liaison Committee of the Law Society of NSW. His recent appointments include the Federal Court Native Title Mediation Panel and the Westpac Industrial Relations Arbitration Panel.
John’s practice as a Mediator and Arbitrator has involved commercial and contractual disputes between State and Federal Government bodies, between Government bodies and private individuals and between partners in professional practices including doctors, accountants and lawyers.
John was one of the first solicitors in New South Wales to be appointed by the Law Society as both a Business Specialist and a Property Specialist, both being relevant to many commercial disputes. Elsewhere, he has dealt with disputes involving an airline, insurers, individuals, companies of all sizes and building matters, some large, some small.
Gary Byron AM
In a legal career spanning forty eight years, Gary Byron AM, has held a variety of senior appointments both administrative and legal, within the Australian justice system.
Gary’s professional career has encompassed an ongoing involvement with the administration of the Justice system, appointment as a Tribunal member exercising judicial functions (he was an inaugural Deputy President of the NSW Workers Compensation Commission) and publication as an author and expert commentator (he co-authored Jackson & Byron Civil Claims Practice for the Law Book Co in New South Wales).
Dr John Keogh
Dr John Keogh is a barrister, mediator and arbitrator. He has been awarded Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) by UTS Sydney. Honoured as the UTS “Graduate of the Year” for 1999. Thesis title: Environmental Due Diligence – Legal Principles, Corporate Strategies. He has been an arbitration and mediation member of the NSW Workers Compensation Commission since its inception. He has extensive experience in the investigation and determination of disputes as an arbitrator and mediator.
John Wynyard
John Wynyard is a barrister-at-law and arbitrator. He has had extensive experience in Workers Compensation in District Court Common law, Workers Compensation Commission, and appearances in the Court of Appeal. He has been appointed as a part-time Arbitrator in the District Court and Workers Compensation Commission. He is also a Medical Appeal Panel convenor.
