What is the Success Rate of a Mediation Process?
Over 80% of the matters that proceed to mediation end in an agreement. A common misperception is that people who resolve matters via mediation have achieved a win- win’ situation. This is true to the extent that the participants have resolved the matter without recourse to the expense and time delay of court processes. The real test of a successful outcome is whether each participant has reached an outcome that they can live with’. Another successful outcome is to reduce in the number of issues in contention by recording a statement of agreed and disagreed facts. This means that there is a clearer understanding of what issues should be resolved in a more formal processes.
