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Manuela Habicht


Contact details:

Name:Manuela H Habicht
Phone:(02) 6156 5556
Mobile:0412 330 281
Email:drhabicht@optusnet.com.au
Mediations as mediator:81
Mediations as co-mediator:14
Hourly fee:$300 + preparation fee, $500 + GST
Daily fee (7 hrs):$2,000 + GST + travel/room hire
Fees are negotiable:Yes

Areas of experience:

  • Administrative
  • Banking
  • Commercial
  • Contracts
  • Corporate
  • Environment
  • Family
  • Property
  • Tort
  • Trade practices
  • Company
  • Industrial relations

Affinity with rural industries:

I have worked with farmers as a psychologist prior to becoming a mediator for 20 years in Australia. I am also a solicitor in the Australian Government. When growing up I spent most of my school holidays at the family owned property.

I completed training in negotiation at the Harvard Law School in 2009. In addition I am also an accredited family dispute resolution practitioner as referred to in the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth).

My mediation experience is wide ranging and the mediating parties gain the advantage of engaging an accredited facilitator that combines a strong academic postgraduate background (in law, business administration and psychology) with extensive hands-on rural experience.