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How to get started
Make sure that mediation is right for you and your dispute
It is fair to say that mediation is not always appropriate. It may, for example, be important to establish a precedent so that the parties need to proceed to trial to have the court make a decision. If you have any doubt about whether mediation is appropriate please don’t hesitate to contact us [link]. If you have not already done so visit our “Why mediate page” as this may help you decide whether mediation is appropriate.
Get the agreement of the other side
As mediation is voluntary you will need the agreement of the other party to your dispute to mediate. Whilst you may not have agreed on the outcome of your dispute that does not mean that you cannot agree on the process to be used to try to resolve your dispute.
What you need to do
- Simply suggest mediation to the other side and give them the details of this website [or send them this link] so they can find out more about mediation for themselves. On the download [link to page] page of this website you will find some wording that you can use to suggest mediation. If you or the other party have any questions you are welcome to contact us [link to contact page].
- Once both parties have agreed that you want us to mediate the dispute one or both of you should contact us [link to contact page] and we will take it from there.
- If court proceedings have already commenced you will need to inform the court that you are attempting to resolve the dispute by mediation. The court may issue a stay of the proceedings which will suspend the proceedings for a period of time to enable the mediation to take place.
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