5 compelling reasons to mediate now

Do you have a dispute that needs addressing? Or is one brewing?  Have you got to have a difficult conversation with a contractual counterpart?  Our advice is not to wait; we believe that now is the time to have those conversations and here are our 5 reasons why:

#1 Buy certainty

Mediate now to take control of the future of your dispute.  Claimants might need cash now, defendants might not be still in business in a few weeks' time. In a time when everything else remains tentative, to be collaborative, to move a dispute forwards and to achieve settlement will provide some welcome certainty for all parties.

#2 Availability

Never will you have a better (and easier) time in getting all the parties to a dispute around a (virtual) table.  Key people are available and parties can't make too many excuses about dates not being suitable.

#3 Costs uncertainty

The Lord Chief Justice has urged parties to explore the possibility of compromise.  How will a failure to mediate now be viewed by the Court when final costs are apportioned?

#4 Remote mediation works

Mediating online, via video, works.  Our clients are surprised!

#5 Time & cost-effective

Mediating from home couldn't be simpler or more cost-effective.  No travel, no hassle, just log onto a video conference and off you go.

And finally, when the mediation runs late there's no dash for the last train - just a short walk to bed!