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Mediation Pilot Programme at Broadmeadows

The Pilot Programme will only involve those proceedings where a notice of defence is filed on or after 1 October 2007 where the amount sought is less than $40,000 (amended by Practice Direction 1 of 2009 as from 2 April 2009 from $10,000 to $40,000)

Practice Directions 6 and 7 of 2007 and 1 of 2009 direct as to the operation of the Mediation Pilot Programme at Broadmeadows and can be viewed via the link to the right of this page.

Procedure

In addition to serving upon a defendant the complaint and two notices of defence, a plaintiff in a proceeding will serve upon the defendant a document entitled "Information about Court-Annexed Mediation". Where a notice of defence is filed, the defendant must return to the Magistrates' Court at Broadmeadows, at the same time as the notice of defence is filed, a completed Section A, which is contained in the "Information About Court-Annexed Mediation" which are available via the links to the right of this page.