Endispute

Leaders in Conflict Resolution

Two
sides.

Every dispute has two sides. Endispute is the structured space between them — confidential, tailored, decisive.

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End Your Dispute With Endispute

One
resolution.

Leaders in conflict resolution for complex commercial disputes — across Australia and internationally.

Our processes
Independent
senior panel members
Out of court
confidential & without prejudice
AU + INT'L
venues arranged
ACJI
Foundation Chair, Monash
Australia & internationally

01 — Who we are

A leading provider ofdispute resolution.

The mission of Endispute is to provide the highest quality dispute resolution services in respect of complex disputes. We accomplish our mission by ensuring that a professional approach is adopted and ensuring that our highly regarded Panel and processes are effective, efficient and respected.

Endispute is a leading provider of dispute resolution, dispute advisory and dispute management services in respect of complex disputes. The dispute processes are tailored to meet the needs of various industry, commercial corporations and all who do business with them, within Australia and internationally.

We work with government, industry and business to preserve commercial relationships and maintain confidentiality. With experience in telecommunications, financial, commercial and construction industries we offer our services to local and global industries of any size and geography.

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02 — Our approach

Three ways a third party can help.

01

Facilitative

A third party, often with no advisory or determinative role, providing assistance in managing the process of dispute resolution. Includes mediation, conciliation and facilitation.

02

Advisory

A third party who investigates the dispute and provides advice on the facts and possible outcomes. Includes investigation, case appraisal, dispute counselling, mini trial and early neutral evaluation.

03

Determinative

A third party investigating the dispute, which may include a formal hearing, and making a determination that is potentially enforceable. Includes adjudication and arbitration.

03 — Why Endispute

The balance of advantage.

01

Preserve commercial relationships

Resolve disputes without burning the bridges that took years to build.

02

Protect corporate reputation

Confidential processes keep sensitive matters out of the public record.

03

Minimise costs and save executive time

Cost-efficient resolutions free executives to focus on running the business.

04

Focus on business, not conflict

Tailored processes resolve issues without becoming a long-running distraction.

05

Achieve durable, effective outcomes

High resolution rates with binding options when parties need certainty.

04 — How it works

Four chapters, one matter.

Intake and assessment service. Complimentary one-hour consultation. Brief dispute management plan and basic costing structures.

  • Provide an intake and assessment service for your dispute
  • Offer a one-hour complimentary consultation to discuss options for your dispute process and panel composition
  • In complex matters we will discuss multi-layered processes to suit your needs
  • Prepare a brief dispute management plan in consultation with you
  • Provide basic costing structures to manage the dispute

05 — The range

A multitude of processes.

Facilitation

An impartial chair to clarify issues and move parties towards a defined conclusion.

The facilitator is a person whose role is to assist parties to clarify issues in dispute and move matters to a pre-stated conclusion with the assistance of an agenda. Panel members who facilitate may also assist parties to develop options and suggest the inclusion of other dispute resolution processes where appropriate. Increasingly facilitators have been employed in assisting in public policy disputes, in the land and environment context, and the large-scale organisational change context.

The Endispute range of processes

06 — The Panel

Specialist experts & retired judiciary.

Endispute has panels of specialist experts to assist with disputes. They include dispute resolution advisors, lawyers and retired judiciary from the High Court, Supreme Courts and the Federal Court. Our panel members are known for their analytical and reasoning skills and their commercial knowledge and understanding.

Banking and FinanceLegal and GovernmentTelecommunications and BroadbandInformation TechnologyEnvironmentalEngineeringTaxConstruction

Expert panel members focus on conflicts in specialist subject areas. They are highly regarded for their common sense, business acumen and extensive subject expertise, and will often conduct a dispute resolution process alongside a member of the primary panel.

07 — Leadership

The mind behind Endispute.

Professor Tania Sourdin

Professor Tania Sourdin

Director & Co-Founder

Internationally-renowned scholar, researcher and practitioner in the conflict resolution field.

Professor Sourdin has practised across Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Canada, the United States, the UK, the United Arab Emirates and the Pacific. She has worked throughout the Pacific for the IMF and World Bank, and was previously Director of the Conflict Resolution Research Centre at La Trobe University. Her conflict resolution practice focuses on complex dispute resolution and management — including executive, workplace, commercial, intergovernmental, interpersonal and complex conflict situations.

  • Foundation Chair & Director, Australian Centre for Justice Innovation (ACJI), Monash University
  • Advanced Accredited Mediator (Australia)
  • NBN Dispute Advisor (appointed 2014)
  • Winner, LEADR Practitioner Excellence Award 2014
  • Author, Alternative Dispute Resolution (Thomson Reuters, 4th ed., 2012)
  • Author, The Multi-Tasking Judge (Thomson Reuters, 2013)
  • General Editor, Thomson's Looseleaf Service on Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Wrote the Australian National Mediator Accreditation Standards (in use since 2008)
  • Two Australian Research Council Research Projects on Technology, AI and Dispute Resolution

In memoriam

The Hon. Andrew John Rogers AO KC

1933 – 2024

Co-founder of Endispute. Foundation Chief Judge of the NSW Supreme Court Commercial Division. Andrew was dedicated to improving legal procedures and supported a generation of lawyers, who will continue to benefit from his achievements. — Prof. Tania Sourdin.

08 — Questions

Common questions.

Conflict Resolution processes can offer many advantages compared to litigation – they can be confidential, flexible, cost-effective and time-effective processes that can also assist parties to maintain commercial relationships and reduce executive and management costs. Endispute provides conflict resolution services that are managed to ensure that the process options are more likely to work. The Panel process and the dispute management service produce outcomes that are valued by clients and can save time and cost.

09 — Get in touch

End your dispute.

When you contact Endispute you have access to a professional dispute advisory service that enables you to save costs and minimise risks. Our complimentary intake and assessment process ensures that the processes used are designed to effectively finalise disputes.