Mediation is statistically very successful as a process for settling disputes –
around 80% of cases settle.
In addition,
there are the following benefits: -
Mediation can happen very quickly; there is no need to wait months for a Court hearing date. Mediators can suggest practical solutions that a Judge could never impose. Mediation doesn’t involve the uneasiness of going to Court with Judges, Barristers and wigs and gowns! Mediation still gives people a chance to “have their say”, but at a fraction of the cost of going to Court.
Mediation can happen very quickly; there is no need to wait months for a Court hearing date.