Confidentiality in Mediation Proceedings

Categories: Dispute Resolution

Much has been said about the general advantages of taking a dispute to mediation proceedings.  These include the advantages afforded to the legal system and society as a whole as well as the advantages to the actual parties to the dispute.   Nevertheless, the State has not yet done enough in order to advance mediation as an alternative to court proceedings as a dispute resolution mechanism.  Even the parties themselves and the lawyers representing them do not tend to exhaust this possibility, notwithstanding its many advantages.