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Mediations and compulsory conferences

When you come to VCAT, you may attend a mediation or a compulsory conference. This depends on your dispute. Find out more about how mediations and compulsory conferences work.

Mediations

Mediations are private meetings where parties come together to discuss ways to reach an agreement (settle) with the help of a mediator.

Compulsory conferences

At a compulsory conference, the parties confidentially discuss ways to resolve their dispute with the help of a VCAT member. All parties must come.

What VCAT does

Learn more about what we can help with, how we work and what to expect when you come to VCAT.

Photography, recording, mobile phones and electronic devices

It is an offence to record any part of a VCAT hearing without permission (Court Security Act 1980).

Directions hearings

At a directions hearing a VCAT member decides how the case should be managed and how much time it will take.

Prepare evidence

Evidence helps you prove your side of the story and helps the VCAT member to decide how the matter should be resolved.

Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 - poppy cultivation and processing licences

Under the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981, VCAT can review some decisions of the Secretary of the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning made about poppy cultivation and poppy processing licences.

Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 - low THC cannabis authority (review)

VCAT can review certain decisions of the Secretary of the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning made under the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981.

On hearing day - Guardians and administrators

Hearings for cases about guardians and administrators are not based on resolving a conflict between two opposing sides. Instead, the hearing is focused on protecting the needs of the person who has, or needs, a substitute decision-maker.