The Western Australian Institute of Dispute Management

The WAIDM was incorporated in 2006 with the support of Murdoch Law School at Murdoch University in Western Australia and officially launched on 28 September 2006 by the President of the Court of Appeal, the Hon. Justice Christopher Steytler.

In launching the WAIDM, Justice Steytler stated that "The Institute will, I have no doubt, play a very important part in educating Western Australians about the different processes that are available, in training arbitrators and mediators, in providing advice in respect of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, in liaising with the courts and, of course, in providing commercial arbitration, mediation and conciliation services itself. Not least important, is the research which it will be able to undertake in this area, so as to develop a wider range of available processes and to take advantage of the massive developments in technology that we have experienced in the last couple of decades."

The Patron of the WAIDM is the Hon. Justice Wayne Martin, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia.

Functions / Activities / Services

What we do

Mission

The mission of the Institute is to provide a centre of excellence in domestic and international dispute management, research and training together with the provision of arbitration, mediation and negotiation services to the legal and business communities of Western Australia.

Services

The Institute has three main functions:

1. To provide full fee paying continuing education and professional development courses, including short courses, to both the legal profession and business community, in the area of arbitration, mediation and negotiation. These courses include:
a. graduate Certificate in Dispute Resolution;
b. professional Training in Arbitration Law and Practice (not-for-credit professional program); and
c. participation in the prestigious Willem C Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot

2. To foster research and publication in the areas of both domestic and international arbitration, mediation and negotiation ; and

3. To provide a centre for the resolution of both domestic and international commercial disputes by mediation, arbitration and negotiation. The services include:
a. commercial arbitration and mediation services;
b. provision of advice on arbitration rules, agreements and practice administration of commercial arbitrations, mediations and adjudications;
c. nominations of arbitrators, mediators and adjudicators; and
d. the fostering and facilitation of research and publication in the area of dispute resolution by commercial arbitration and mediation

Contact Details

Website

www.law.murdoch.edu.au