Shelina Neallani is a highly regarded mediator who can help resolve your disputes in a professional and confidential manner.
Shelina will act as a neutral and impartial mediator to assist you in defining the issues that are in dispute and reaching an agreement. Her experience as a lawyer in the areas of family and civil law is invaluable in this regard.
As a skilled mediator, Shelina specializes in family and civil matters and compliments her mediations with legal services.
Civil Mediation
- Small family business
- Partnership disputes
- Contractor / home owner disputes
- Community disputes
- Insurance, motor vehicle
- Contracts, including landlord / tenant, homeowner / contractor
Family Mediation
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Legal Services
As Shelina is a lawyer as well as a mediator, her mediations are enhanced as a result of her legal expertise.
- She may offer legal information respecting the state of the law in the area of dispute.
(As an impartial third party, however, she will not give legal advice.) - She may offer suggestions or options to resolve issues.
- At the conclusion of the mediation, she documents the agreement reached between the parties (e.g. in a letter of consensus, or in the case of family mediation, perhaps a separation agreement).
In addition, Shelina can arrange meeting facilities, catering, travel & accommodation in Vancouver and other locations.
Training
As a published writer and established speaker, Shelina has taught at the university and organizational levels for over 20 years.
Approach
Through her extensive experience in litigation, Shelina recognizes that court should be the last resort. Court can be expensive, inefficient, and divisive.
Her approach is to resolve disputes outside of the court process as much as possible and to assist parties in reaching an agreement that reflects their own needs and priorities.
Acting as an impartial and confidential facilitator, Shelina encourages communication, while maintaining an environment of mutual respect and cooperation between the parties, helping them each gain a better understanding of the other and reducing the conflict and tension. She ensures that each has an opportunity to be heard, manages any power imbalance, and seeks disclosure of all relevant information. She will prepare documentation to record the consensus or agreement reached by the parties.
Background
Shelina has degrees in Social Work and Law. She was called to the Ontario Bar in 1991 and to the B.C. Bar in 1995. With over 20 years combined training and professional experience in law and social work, she brings a wide and varied mix of expertise to her mediation & law practice, primarily in the areas of family, child protection, and insurance litigation.
