WHAT IS MEDIATION

 Mediation is either a voluntary or court mandated process in which two or more parties involved in a dispute work with an impartial party, the mediator, to generate their own solutions in settling their conflict.It is a different form of alternative dispute resolution that enables disputing parties to come to an agreement before the escalation of costly litigation. Unlike a judge or an arbitrator whose decisions subject one party to win and the other party to lose, mediation is about finding a solution that works for both parties.

Mediation allows parties to jointly reach a decision, rather than relying on and being subject to the binding decision of a judge. In a mediation, a third-party neutral encourages the opposing parties to find a resolution to the dispute. It is an informal and non-adversarial process and the mediator does not make a decision for the parties; the parties are encouraged to agree to a settlement. The mediator helps the parties identify the issues, find common groundn and explore the risks and benefits of continuing the litigation, dispute or coming to a settlement agreement.