Disputes suitable for mediation include contracts, business transactions, construction, insurance, negotiations, etc. Attendance at the mediation is voluntary by all parties, except where mandated by the courts or by contract.

Company directors understand the long-term risks of protracted legal battles in terms of financial cost, time spent and the human cost. A mediator can help negotiate quick, fair and satisfactory settlements at an early stage. The mediation process gives businesses control over time, costs and outcomes.

Unlike court proceedings, mediation offers confidentiality, protecting reputations and giving a chance to repair valuable business relationships.

A key goal is for everyone to feel heard. Mutual understanding is strengthened by the mediation process, helping mend and restore peaceful relationships. Mediation can offer a safe and supportive environment for resolving difficult issues of separation, divorce, family disagreements over estates and wills, property division, domestic relations, parenting schedules, child support, elder care, and any kind of domestic discord.

Mediation helps family members make joint decisions, which can be a healthy first step to a resolution. Also, the process offers complete confidentiality, unlike the court system where sensitive information can be of public record. Most importantly, mediation does not drag on the way litigation too often does. It can therefore reduce stress and mental anguish during an already challenging time.

If you are involved in a civil dispute and want to avoid litigation, consider mediation as a cost-effective and time-saving alternative to settling your dispute.

Disputes can include claims for money, such as landlord/tenant, eviction/foreclosure, employment, health, accidents, personal injury, property/real estate, consumer/merchant, businesses, intellectual property, trusts, breach of contract, and probate/wills.

Offering to mediate is not a sign of weakness. On the contrary, both sides retain full control during the process, in terms of what is discussed or revealed, whether to finally settle, and on what terms.

Human resources departments often suffer financially and waste many hours due to unresolved workplace disputes. Employees lose motivation; quality of work and productivity suffer; and entire teams may stop functioning optimally.

Mediation can help with issues of compensation, labour disputes, interpersonal conflicts at work, community relations, employment contract issues, and more. In many cases, mediation enables the parties to strengthen their working relationship for greater workplace efficiency.

Mediation can be used in disagreements between members of the same team, or between co-workers at different levels of seniority. It can be particularly useful when communication has broken down between people, affecting all those who work around them.