A panel discussion about what informs a decision to conclude, continue or terminate.
How do we know when the mediation is over? What informs a decision to conclude, continue or terminate? How and when do we provide this information to parties? How do we end proceedings? What are the issues that may arise and how do we deal with them?
A VADR CPD Zoom event at 6pm on Wednesday 17 June 2026 will feature a panel discussion exploring thoughts and strategies on Ending a Mediation: When, How and Why. The panel will be convened by Jodie Grant and features Jeff Katz, Zandy Fell and Jill Murphy – expert, highly experienced panellists representing a wide spectrum of dispute resolution practices (FDR, workplace, restorative justice, community).
About the Speakers
Zandy Fell
Zandy is a Director of The ZALT Group and an experienced conflict resolution practitioner, coach, facilitator, mediator and restorative engagement facilitator. She helps organisations navigate workplace conflict, difficult conversations and complex people challenges, drawing on a background in law, human resources and industrial relations.
Zandy is a facilitator for the Commonwealth Ombudsman’s Restorative Engagement Program and has served on the Commonwealth Ombudsman’s Expert Panel, providing defence leadership with strategic advice and training regarding transformational justice. She is also a facilitator for restorative engagement schemes delivered through the Victorian Department of Justice, the Victorian Department of Families, Fairness and Housing and the National Indigenous Australians Agency. She works across government, universities, emergency services and the private sector, helping leaders and teams build capability, strengthen relationships and constructively resolve conflict.
Zandy holds degrees in Law and Arts from Monash University and a Graduate Diploma in Human Resources. She is a nationally accredited mediator (IAMA) and holds qualifications in coaching, workplace training and assessment, mediation, neuroscience, risk management and trauma-informed practice.
Jeff Katz
Jeff is a highly experienced mediator, conciliator and FDRP whose career began as a legal practitioner trying to apply legal processes to the resolution of disputes that were more relational than legal.
He then trained in family therapy and conflict resolution, and since 1996 has been practising and teaching mediation in family law, as well as in various commercial arenas, and in a wide range of settings, from his own private practice to the community and government sectors and family courts.
Jeff has also been integrally involved in the research and implementation of foundational models of child-informed mediation practice. As a VADR Committee member, he manages client complaints brought against member practitioners.
Jill Murphy
Jill has extensive experience as a workplace mediator and also conducts restorative group meetings, workplace investigations and culture reviews. A nationally accredited mediator (Advanced), she brings considerable experience and a deep understanding of how to help parties in conflict find peace and resolution. She previously practised as an FDRP (Advanced) at Relationships Australia.
Prior to working as a mediator, Jill held senior policy positions in various government areas. She has an enduring commitment to community support roles, working with marginalised and vulnerable people and volunteering with Community Refugee Sponsorship Australia.
Jill has her own business, Jill Murphy Mediation (www.jillmurphymediation.com.au), is a Director of Open Road Consulting (www.openroadconsulting.com.au) and is a principal consultant for Worklogic (www.worklogic.com.au).
The Facilitator
Jodie Grant
For more than 25 years, Jodie has worked concurrently in both dispute resolution practice and training/education. Jodie is a registered and accredited FDRP, a nationally accredited mediator (AMDRAS), and accredited as a restorative engagement facilitator under the Defence Abuse Response Taskforce.
Jodie’s current professional mediation practice includes family dispute resolution (parenting and property matters), family mediations, parent-adolescent mediations, elder mediations and workplace mediations. She facilitates Responses/Personal Acknowledgements for defence and is on the List of Facilitators for the National Redress Scheme.
Jodie continues to train FDRPs and mediators and also provides clinical supervision and reflective practice sessions. She develops and presents a wide range of bespoke professional development training and short courses, both specialised and general, within the not-for-profit sector, community services, welfare, government services,education, and legal services fields, and also facilitates many professional practice groups.
Currently Jodie focuses on her private practice, Shifting Sands, and contracts with many organisations and institutions. She continues to commit time to professional organisations such as VADR within the national dispute resolution community.
This event is free for VADR members (non-members $25) and carries one CPD point. To register, email admin@vadr.asn.au.
