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