MEDIATION SERVICES
In Brief
✔ You avoid paying any court fees.
✔ You avoid going to court - which will be more complicated than ADR.
✔ You still receive your compensation.
✔ A trained mediator is appointed to try to facilitate a settlement of your dispute.
✔ The mediator is neutral and doesn’t represent either side.
✔ The mediator manages the process - often a series of meetings between the parties spread over one day.
✔ Mediation is successful 75% of the time, saving time, money and stress.
✔ It is always your choice as to whether or not to settle.
Using Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
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Judges now generally expect you to have considered the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution before you start court action.
Mediation is a recognised and well-tested form of ADR. It is usually cheaper, quicker and less formal than going to court.
Mediation is a completely voluntary and confidential form of alternative dispute resolution. I can provide a thorough legal analysis of a dispute to both sides and advise on the merits and deficiencies in both sides case. This can save you time, money and the stress of attending Court.
I provide an independent, impartial service to help you reach a solution that's acceptable to both sides. I can talk to both sides separately or together.
Mediators do not make judgments or decide the outcome of the dispute. If you wish me to mediate a dispute for you, my primary role will be to independently:
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Uncover the underlying problems
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Assist the parties in understanding the issues
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Help the parties to clarify the options for resolving their difference or dispute.