Mediation: How the process works in seven steps

摘要

As noted when we looked at how construction firms should prepare for mediation last month, the process is nothing like adjudication or court. Mediation is flexible in terms of process. But there are ground rules that the parties usually agree to. These are: 1. Privacy: Documents in mediation are confidential. The mediator will see documents that the parties might not have shared. This also goes for anything said to the mediator in private sessions. Any settlement can remain private. If the settlement contains a term that it is confidential the parties are obliged to honour that.