What Are The Most Important Aspects Of Mediation?
Aside from low cost and high success rate, mediation provides four important aspects. Privacy. The process of mediation is confidential as it relates to all participants, including attorneys and the mediator. Everything discussed in the mediation is confidential. Any documents that are exchanged in the mediation are confidential. Any legal or other suppositions advanced in the mediation are confidential. Mediation is not a matter of public record. Control. No judge will decide the parties’ outcome. There is no legal precedent or jury to scrutinize right and wrong. The parties have the unique opportunity to “tell your side of the story”, without lawyers objecting that what you’re saying is inadmissible for some reason. The parties have the experience of creating your own resolution in your own words to resolve their disagreement. Relationships. Most relationships are important to maintain intact. Business partnerships, family, friendships and social relationships of long standing are of
