Mediation

Mediation for High-Level and Complex Disputes

Adjunct Professor Kim Lovegrove MSE, RML is a mediator whose practice revolves around either the negotiation or mediation of high-level complex and, at times, sensitive disputes, be they of civil, high-end commercial, or geopolitical derivation.

Kim Lovegrove’s Mediator Profile

Kim Lovegrove:

• Practiced as a dispute resolution lawyer for 30 years and presided over, had conduct of or supervised thousands of cases.
• Has held senior Ministerial appointee positions such as chairing a state registration regime that accredited 25,000 licensees.
• Has been retained by overseas governments and international bodies such as Japan and the World Bank to advise on law reform matters of national and international import
• Has as recently as 2019 been afforded Royal honours for humanitarian services to Ethiopia by Prince Ermias Selassie (grandson of the late Emperor Hails Selassie).
• Has been President of industry bodies such as the New Zealand Institute of Building and Australian Institute of Building.
• Had carriage of cross jurisdictional and sovereign law reform initiatives that have shaped modern day legal systems.
• Has worked closely and negotiated with senior industry and Ministers to facilitate micro-economic reforms.
• Authored/coauthored/14 books ranging from management of micro-economic reform, dispute resolution systems to disciplinary jurisprudence.

 

Lineage

• Diplomatic, academic and jurisprudential heritage; late grandfather had a senior UN position in Ethiopia in the 1960s.
• Late father likewise had a UNESCO post in Nigeria and Hon Barry Lovegrove, Kim’s Uncle, is a retired NZ Judge.
• Schooling in NZ, Zambia, Malawi, Ethiopia, Swaziland, the UK and Australia.

 

Theatres of Dispute Resolution Focus

• The resolution of complex high level commercial disputes.
• Intergovernmental and cross jurisdictional disputes
• Geopolitical conflicts
• Tribal and ethnic conflicts
• Resolution of insurance disputes and claims

 

How to deploy Kim Lovegrove MSE, RML  as a mediator or negotiator:

Kim Lovegrove can be contacted care of enquiries@lclawyers.com.au or via 03 9600 4077. However, Kim will only be deployed to resolve and mediate in above mentioned theatres.

 

To access Lovegrove and Cotton articles on mediation , go to our e-library or click on the below links:

• Making Mediation a Profession
• Mediation, Compulsory Conferences and Alternative Dispute Resolution for Domestic Building Disputes in the VCAT
• Mediation – Domestic Building Dispute Resolution and the VCAT
• Preparing or Mediation and Negotiation 
• What to Expect in Mediation