In Place of Strife operates
an independent panel of highly experienced and distinguished commercial
mediators with a track record of over 80% of cases settling at or soon after
mediation.
Mediation is now recognised as one of the fastest and most cost-effective
routes to achieving settlement of a dispute. Going to trial
is expensive and stressful, often taking months or years of costly litigation,
with no guarantee of an outcome that satisfies the parties when you get
there.
Mediation, ADR, or Alternative Dispute Resolution, is used where opposing
parties want to find a solution yet for some reason cannot reach a settlement.
Most people involved in a dispute would rather reach a settlement than go
to trial.
We bring together opposing parties and their advisers and replace adversarial
confrontation with principled negotiation. Our object is to find a
workable agreement between the parties and avoid recourse to the Courts.
The benefits of reaching agreement through mediation are often very significant,
both financial and personal.
Key to our success is the proven experience of all our panel members.
This allows us to offer an unparallelled independent professional service.
Mediation is entirely private and can help to avoid unwelcome publicity.
A settlement reached through mediation does not set a precedent for similar
disputes in the future.
Many cases are now being encouraged into mediation by the Courts. With an
exceptional mediator involved, going to Court really should be the last
resort.
