Advantages Of Mediation

 

 

 

• It is voluntary

 

• Conflict is reduced by parties working together

 

• Confidentiality cannot legally be revealed outside the mediation proceedings or used later in a court of law.

 

• Parties make joint decisions and they can bring up creative ideas, personal feelings, and practical solutions that litigation might discourage.

 

• Parties have control over the resolution and the process.

 

• Expensive litigation is avoided. While a mediator may charge a fee comparable to that of an attorney, the mediation process generally takes much less time than moving a case through standard legal channels. While a case in the hands of a lawyer or a court may take months or years to resolve, mediation usually achieves a resolution in a matter of hours. Taking less time means expending less money on hourly fees and costs

 

 

What is Mediation

 

 

Mediation is a process where people appoint a third party to help them resolve disputes between themselves.

 

Mediation is not a court hearing. The mediator is not a judge. Mediation is not counselling or therapy.

 

Why Mediation

 

• Mediation is always voluntary for the parties and they can at any time leave the negotiations. If you don't reach a resolution in mediation, you haven't lost anything. If nothing else, you've probably learned a lot about how the other person sees the problem. You still have the option of taking legal action if that's what you feel you need to do

 

• Mediation is self-empowering, goal directed, non adversarial.

 

• The mediator is neutral and impartial.

 

• Mediator facilitates the negotiations between the parties to enable them to negotiate on equal footing.