Mediator Profile - John McGruther

Contact details

Name:	John McGruther
Phone:	(02) 8068 9769
Mobile:	0427 130 648
Email:	mcgrutherlaw@ozemail.com.au
Mediations as mediator:	4,000+
Mediations as advisor:	80+
Mediations as co-mediator:	15
Hourly fee:	$350 + GST
Daily fee:	$2,100 + GST (first 6 hours)
Fees are negotiable:	Yes

Areas of experience:

Accountancy
Administrative
Banking
Commercial
Contracts
Corporate
Environment
Finance
Property
Resources
Securities
Sport
Taxation
Tort
Trade practices

Affinity with rural industries:

Farm debt mediator since inception 1994 – over 90% success rate (settlement in average approx. 4-5
hours)
Over 4,000 Mediations since 1982 (approx. 80% success rate)
On specialist mediation panels for produce and grocery industry NSW, Horticulture Code NSW and
producer-farmer-wholesale markets-supplier disputes
Accredited Business Law Specialist – Law Society NSW – over 25 years
Accredited mediation experience of over 25 years in financial, banking and loan sectors across
Australia/internationally
Close affiliation with rural areas, including some residential background, in NSW and QLD
Mediated and advised in disputes (and in contract, finance and other arrangements) in numerous
matters in NSW and throughout Australia since 1976 across the following sectors:
- Crop production, not exclusively wheat, cotton, fruit grains/other
- Most farming and grazier sectors, not exclusively cattle, sheep/other stock/livestock
- Dairy industry (extensive work), including with reference to milk production/derivative dairy product supplies/distribution/retail arrangements.
- Food and beverage industries generally (extensive specialties experience)
- Farm and stock transport/refrigerated transport/farm equipment supply/fertiliser/ingredient/chemical supply matters (extensive)
- Close association and legal and mediation dispute work with Departments of Primary Industries
  (NSW & QLD) and related cooperatives (including primary production sector)
- Inter-related banking, financial, loan/related contractual arrangements and facilities (associated with above)
- Mining and extractive industries (including where overlapping into farming sector)
- Water and other utility supplier arrangements/disputations/associations
- Medical, veterinary and dental industries (and on several committees in this sector for many years)
- Breeding, farm animals/Livestock branding and registrations – all related matters
Several years’ charity work with the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) and continuing – since 1994Code of Conduct
Commissioner – NSW Country Cricket (with Cricket NSW) – since 1998
Longstanding active Panellist for many government / other mediator bodies – since 1988 including Retail Tenancy Dispute Unit NSW, Franchise Code of Conduct, Land and Environment Court NSW, Workers Compensation Commission NSW, NSW & QLD Law Societies, Victorian Law Institute, Resolution Institute
Master in Mediation (MATA, Italy 2010 & 2016, UK 2011 & 2013)
On Finance Committee of Australia Dental Research Foundation, amongst many other charitable involvements
On Arbitration Panel for Land Access disputes constituted under the Mining Act 1992 and the Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991

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