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
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 involvement in the preparation of family property settlements and pre marriage contracts has recently led to his being appointed as a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner specializing in mediating disputes involving:
- Young children.
- Marital property.
Some disputes require mediation of both issues. Some involve one only but the two are often interrelated.
Apart from the training as a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner, John was one of the first solicitors in New South Wales appointed by the Law Society as an Accredited Property Specialist and as an Accredited Business Specialist. Both of these different qualifications are frequently highly relevant to property disputes in particular. They assist in taking a broad based common sense approach.
Jennifer Scott
Jennifer Scott has been a solicitor in New South Wales since 1981 and began mediating in 1991. She has a Masters Degree in Dispute Resolution and is a nationally accredited mediator. She has undertaken arbitrations as a member of the Workers Compensation Commission of NSW, which adopted an inquisitorial/investigative conciliation/arbitration process in 2002.
Gregory Rooney
Gregory William Rooney was a legal practitioner for 14 years and is now practising full time as a mediator and an arbitrator. Since November 1991 he has conducted in access of 1,000 mediations in a variety of jurisdictions including the Queensland Department of Primary Industry, Queensland Treasury, New South Wales Department of Fair Trading Strata Schemes Commissioner, The South Australian Department of Health, the New South Wales Department of Health North Coast Community Housing Co-operative, and the Health Insurance Commission.
Rosemary Dupont
Rosemary is well known as an investigator and dispute resolver who operates a business in Canberra, ACT providing investigation and dispute resolution services to government departments, private companies, and not for profit organisations. She has seventeen years experience undertaking investigations into Code of Conduct complaints, Reviews of Actions and claims of discrimination including bullying ad harassment.
