Ten reasons to refer your dispute to mediation

#1 Be in control of your own outcome as opposed to leaving the result to chance in the hands of a judge
#2 Mediation is between ten and a hundred times cheaper than litigation
#3 Mediation is speedier. To give you an example, the backlog in the Durban High Court is three and a half years. Yes, you wait three and a half years just to get a court date, which is then subject to postponements, adjournments and the like.
#4 Mediation helps to preserve relationships. When one party is pronounced the "winner" and the other the "loser", what chance does their relationship stand?
#5 Win/win-you don't have to "settle" for compromise (which is an inferior goal), each party can achieve a solution they can live with.
#6 A mediated solution generally lasts longer as the parties participated in designing the solution rather than having a decision imposed on them externally
#7 Mediation is private and confidentiality remains in tacked. Solutions can be explored without fear of publication. Court cases are heard in public
#8 In family matters, mediation champions the best interest's of minor children
#9 The parties can choose their own mediator
#10 Mediation is consensual and can be terminated by any party, at any stage, without having to give a reason

Yours in peace
Sheena

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