Most mediations are conducted by
a Registrar of the Federal Court. Registrars are lawyers
employed by the Federal Court who are skilled in mediation.
At the directions hearing the
Judge will also order that all parties deliver relevant
documents to the Court (this is called filing the documents).
The parties also need to send the documents to the other
parties in the case (this is called serving the documents).
The Registrar reads all of these documents before the
mediation.
Sometimes the Court orders the
case be sent to a mediator outside the Federal Court.
This is usually a lawyer that the parties agree on.
