Mediation pilot programme – Practice Direction 1 of 2009

Practice Direction No. 6 of 2007 created a mediation pilot programme for certain defended civil proceedings at the Magistrates’ Court at Broadmeadows. Principally, the pilot programme concerned defended civil disputes where the amount sought in the complaint was less than $10,000. Owing to the success of the pilot programme, it is proposed to extend the programme at the Magistrates’ Court at Broadmeadows to all defended civil proceedings under $40,000 instead of $10,000.