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