Federal Court’s powers
86D Federal Court’s powers
Court may determine fact or law
The Court may, at any time during mediation by a mediator, determine a question of fact or law that is referred to it by the mediator.
Under subsection 94H(1), the person conducting the mediation may refer to the Federal Court a question of fact or law that arises during mediation.
Court may adopt agreement on facts
The Court may adopt any agreement on facts between the parties, reached during mediation by the mediator.
Directions to attend or produce documents for the purposes of mediation
If a report is given to the Court under subsection 94N(5), the Court may make orders in similar terms to the directions that are the subject of the report.
Under subsection 94N(5), the person conducting the mediation may provide a report to the Court if the person has given a direction to a party to appear at the conference, or produce documents, and that direction has not been complied with.
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