Charles Cody
BJuris, LLB, MLab Law

Email:	charles.cody@mst.com.au
Direct Line:	+61 3 8540 0292
Mobile:	0409 330 384
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Assistant:	Danielle Ockwell

Charles is a Principal in the Workplace Relations Team and focuses his practice on dispute resolution and litigation.

Charles is active in advising and assisting:

• on termination of employment and discrimination issues
• on confidentiality and restraint of trade issues
• in conducting mediations in a wide range of business and workplace disputes
• in designing and conducting workplace investigations and disciplinary processes
• in designing and implementing national redundancy programs based upon the philosophy that the utilisation of a fair consultative process will achieve a more satisfactory result for all concerned

He is an accredited mediator under the National Mediator Accreditation System through the Law Institute of Victoria and has vast experience as a member of the Office of the Mediation Adviser panel of mediators and the Law Institute of Victoria's panel of mediators.

Charles has also been active in promoting mediation through workshops and seminars. His paper on the mediation provisions of the Franchising Code, "Effective Dispute Resolution for Franchising - Despite the Code" was published in the Franchising Law and Policy Review (1998).

He  is a member of Industrial Relations Society for Victoria.

Charles completed a Master of Labour Law degree at the University of Melbourne in 2001 and in 2003 was awarded accreditation as a Workplace Relations Specialist by the Law Institute of Victoria.

Charles's key area is:

Workplace Relations
Industrial Relations
Mediation