Flagstaff Mediation Centre is available to lawyers, mediators, barristers, insurers, employers, HR professionals, family law practitioners, organisations and parties involved in mediations, settlement conferences and confidential dispute resolution meetings.

Yes. Flagstaff Mediation Centre is a neutral venue available to external mediators, lawyers, barristers and dispute resolution professionals. The Centre provides professional room hire and venue facilities. It does not provide legal advice or act for any party.

The Centre is suitable for workplace, commercial, civil, insurance, employment, WorkCover, TAC, personal injury, common law, family law, family business, partnership and organisational disputes.

Yes. The Centre offers 3-room and 4-room mediation hire packages designed to accommodate separate parties and private breakout discussions.

Public areas are not suitable for confidential breakout sessions, so all required rooms should be included in the booking request.

Additional breakout rooms are available as an optional extra.

Yes, subject to availability and room configuration. For mediations involving more than three parties, additional attendees, separate representatives or special room requirements, please contact the Centre to discuss the most suitable arrangement.

Yes. The Centre offers half-day and full-day booking packages for both 3-room (2 party) and 4-room (3 party) mediation hire. Tailored bookings, additional hourly use and after-hours bookings may also be available by arrangement.

Yes. The Centre can accommodate online and hybrid mediation arrangements.

Hi-speed Wi-Fi is included at the Centre to support client-supplied (bring your own) hardware for online and hybrid mediation solutions.

Each joint session mediation room includes use of a wall or mobile pedestal-mounted LED screen.

Yes. Catering is available on request and is priced separately. Please provide at least 7 days’ notice so that availability and costing can be confirmed.

Filtered water, tea and coffee-making facilities are available onsite and complimentary.

Yes. Payment in full is required to secure a booking. Once a booking request is made, an invoice for the room hire fee will be issued to the person, firm or organisation making the booking. A confirmation email will be sent once payment has been received.

By prior arrangement, yes. The Centre may allow parties to share the room hire fee and may issue separate invoices or accept separate payments. The booking is not confirmed until the full amount due has been received. Otherwise, one invoice will ordinarily be issued to the booking party.

Cancellations must be notified in writing. If a booking is cancelled with 5 or more business days’ notice, any room hire fees paid will be refunded in full, less any unrecoverable third-party costs already incurred.

If a booking is cancelled with less than 5 business days’ notice, a cancellation fee equal to 50% of the total room hire fee is payable. Where more than 50% has already been paid, the balance will be refunded.

Any catering, after-hours, technical support or third-party costs already incurred may also be deducted from any refund or charged separately.

Yes. The Centre is designed to provide a private and professional setting for confidential mediations and dispute resolution meetings, including private breakout rooms for separate parties.

The Centre is located at Level 1, 326 William Street, Melbourne and has lift access. Attendees with specific accessibility requirements should contact the Centre before the booking so suitable arrangements can be discussed.

Flagstaff Mediation Centre is located at Level 1, 326 William Street, Melbourne VIC 3000, in Melbourne’s legal precinct. The Centre overlooks Flagstaff Gardens and is close to the Commonwealth Law Courts, Flagstaff Station, barristers’ chambers, solicitors’ offices and nearby courts and tribunals.