Ghania Dib

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Name: Ghania Dib

Qualifications: Bachelor of Law (Hons)

Bachelor of Commerce (majoring in Accounting and Human Resource Management)

Masters of Applied Law (Family Law and Family Dispute Resolution)

Nationally Accredited Mediator (NMAS)

AIFLAM accredited Arbitrator (Family Law)

Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner

Advanced Collaborative Law Professional

Meeting with Children Training

Commercial Mediation Training (Trillium)

Youth Mental Health First Aid

PeaceWise Everyday Peacemaking, Heart of Peacemaking and Everyday Conflict Coaching 

                                                                             Human Behaviour and Life/Performance Coach 

                                                                                             Title: Lawyer, Mediator and Arbitrator  

                                                                                             Organisation: GDA Lawyers Pty Ltd  

                                                                                             State: NSW   

                                                                                             Immediation Practice Area Mediation, Arbitration

About Ghania

I am an NMAS accredited Mediator, a Family Law Arbitrator (AIFLAM), an accredited Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with specialised training in “meeting with children” and a Collaborative Family Law professional. I am an experienced lawyer with extensive experience in legal costing and litigation with a background in Commercial and Civil litigation, contested Estates and Family Law. 

I regularly mediate family law disputes (parenting and/or property). I also completed the Trillium Commercial Mediation training many years ago and bring a commercial approach to the mediation of property matters. Having experienced the family law courts system myself, I understand the very deep and personal journey of separation and divorce as well as the emotional rollercoaster that accompanies family law proceedings. I also have a personal insight into the impact of Family law proceedings on children and am passionate about providing separating parties with the option of a child inclusive model of mediation.

I have undertaken further studies in religious models of mediation, including the PeaceWise training and am undertaking a Masters in Islamic Studies with a focus on family law and mediation. I am regularly invited to speak on the role of culture and religion in family law and understand the impact such issues may have on the resolution of family law matters. 

I have extensive non-legal training in the human behaviour sphere and am a certified Life and Performance Coach and NLP Practitioner, an accredited consultant and trainer of Extend DISC, human behaviour specialist and accredited Emotion Code practitioner. I have been engaged by local schools, Life Matters Academy and the Islamic Sciences and Research Academy of Australia (ISRA) to present on human behaviour, relationships and well-being.

In 2020, I was listed as a finalist of the Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards “Regional Suburban Lawyer of the Year” and of the Western Sydney Woman in Small Business Growth Award

Areas of Expertise

Family Law (Parenting, Property) 

Wills and Estates, including Probate, Family Provisions and Guardianship 

Litigation (Commercial, Banking, Insurance, Contractual Disputes, Debt Recovery, Tenancy Disputes)

Elder Law

Legal Costing (particularly Notices of Objection and Submissions in Response)

Memberships

Law Society of NSW

Australian Association of Collaborative Professionals 

Collaborative Professionals NSW Inc.

Southern Sydney Collaborative Professionals Inc. 

Resolution Institute

Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia

Family Law Pathways Network

Women Lawyers Association NSW

Australian Institute of Family Law Arbitrators and Mediators

Committee/Board Positions

Secretary of the Southern Sydney Collaborative Practice Group

Chair of the Biyani Revesby Women’s Shelter  

Mediation Panels

Legal Aid NSW Dispute Resolution Panel

Law Society NSW Mediation Panel

Law Society NSW Family Law Settlement Service Panel

Immediation Areas of Expertise

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Family Law Parenting 

Family Law Property