Advantages of Mediation
Mediation immediately puts parties in control of both their dispute and its
resolution.
Through Mediation parties can communicate in a real sense with each other.
The mediation process is voluntary and parties can opt out of it at any time if it
does not help them.
Mediation saves precious time, money and energy.
Mediation shows the parties the strengthsand weaknesses of their case, which
helps them find realistic solutions.
Mediation focuses on long term interests and helps parties create options for
settlement.
Mediation focuses on improving the future.
Through mediation parties opt for more by signing a settlement that works to
benefit both opponents.
At the end of mediation parties greet each other cordially.
Mediation
“My joy was boundless. I realized the true function of a lawyer was to unite parties riven
asunder. A large part of my time during the 20 years of my practice as a lawyer was occupied
in bringing about private compromises of hundreds of cases. I lost nothing thereby – not even
money, certainly not my soul”……Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Mediation is one of the modes of settlement, has gained ground in a convincing manner as
a consequences of which starting from the smallest grievances to the largest issues are
debated, discussed, negotiated and eventually finalized in most of the cases. By now
mediation has been recognized as a useful tool for resolution of conflicts in general and for
reduction of pendency in courts in particular. Mediation is a process by which the parties
themselves evolve a lasting settlement which ends their dispute once and for all. It aims at
resolving a dispute at the earliest possible opportunity and via such a mechanism where
the relationship between individuals remains healthy. Warren Burger former Chief Justice
of the United States once said:
“The obligation of the legal profession is… to serve as healers of human conflict… (We)
should provide mechanisms that can provide an acceptable result in shortest possible time,
with the least possible expense and with a minimum of stress on the participants. That is
what justice is all about.”
