Mediation has been a familiar concept for several decades, but its importance as a means of resolving disputes has gained greater recognition in recent years. This is particularly prevalent surrounding the ever-increasing procedural complications and costs of litigation. Not to mention the volume of cases passing through the court, which is blocking the system and causing delays in cases reaching trial.
Judges have become much more proactive in not only recommending that parties use mediation but also ordering them to do so. While it’s one among several types of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), it can be regarded as a mainstream method. In this article, we consider how mediation may be used in everyday court practice
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