Question follow-through · 54258

Government Departments: Mediation

To ask the Solicitor General, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of using mediation in disputes in which the Government is a party in a (a) private and (b) public law capacity.

answeredAttorney General

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Answering body
Attorney General
Tabled
22 May 2025
Target answer date
2 Jun 2025
Answer
5 Jun 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Solicitor General, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of using mediation in disputes in which the Government is a party in a (a) private and (b) public law capacity.

  2. 2 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Government conducts litigation in accordance with the relevant court rules and considers the individual circumstances of a dispute before deciding on an appropriate course of action, which may include mediation and other forms of alternative dispute r...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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