Consolidated practice directions

party familiar with the substance of the litigation and with 
authority to compromise it; 
(iii) 
where the settlement negotiations are to be conducted on 
behalf of a party by its insurer, a representative of the 
insurer with authority to conduct settlement negotiations 
and to settle the case; and 
(iv) 
the solicitor or counsel, if any, representing each party. 
(f) 
Within seven (7) days after the conclusion of a mediation 
conference the plaintiff shall inform the Case Manager's Associate 
that the conference has occurred as directed and the outcome of 
the conference. 
Listing mediations 
12. A request to list a mediation conference should be in the form set out at 
Practice Direction 4.2.1.1. If there are any particular logistical 
arrangements which the parties wish the Court to make, this should be 
set out in the request (for example, a request that the mediation take 
place in Albany where all the parties reside). 

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4. General Division - Civil 
PD 4.2.1
 
Supreme Court of Western Australia 
Consolidated Practice Direction
13. Resources permitting, the Court aims to list mediations within eight (8) 
weeks of the filing of the request for mediation conference form. Where 
a case requires urgent mediation the Court will list a conference at short 
notice and require greater flexibility than usual from the parties and 
their lawyers. 
14. A mediation listing fee is payable pursuant to the 
Supreme Court (Fees) 
Regulations 2002 
(WA) sch 1, div 1, item 7(c). The plaintiff is usually 
required to pay the fee however in appropriate cases the Court may 
order that a party other than the plaintiff pay the fee or that the parties 
share the fee. The fee includes the first day of the mediation, any 
preliminary conferences and any adjournment of the conference. Where 
the mediation is initially listed for more than one day, the fee is payable 
pursuant item 7(c) is payable for each day of the mediation (item 8).
Where the mediation is terminated, as opposed to adjourned, if the case 
is subsequently listed for a second mediation, the fee is again payable.