Mediation – A Process to Preserve Relationships

 

Benefits of Mediation:

  • Private and confidential
  • Usually more cost effective than going to court
  • Aims to preserve the relationship between parties
  • Parties come up with their own workable solutions
  • Contributes to a more enduring agreement
  • Can result in a more timely resolution of a dispute
  • Can be used to resolve almost any type of conflict

 

Some specific uses of Mediation:

  • To resolve conflict between persons in a family or business relationship
  • To resolve conflict arising out of a commercial transaction
  • To resolve conflict in the workplace
  • To resolve conflict in relation to a real estate matter
  • To resolve conflict in relation to a real or personal property dispute
  • To resolve conflict that has arisen in respect to a contract dispute