Welcome to Appelbe Mediation
Conflict is stressful. Conflict is expensive. Most people do not choose to live in high conflict situations and would like to find a way of resolving disputes. However sometimes the main routes of good communication have been closed by the conflict.
Mediation, a form of dispute resolution seeks to re-establish communication, relationships and dissolve conflict.
- Mediators use a variety of skills and techniques to help the parties find a settlement.
- Mediation is available at a fraction of the cost of going to court.
- Mediation has a high success rate.
- Mediation is simpler than court.
- Mediation is faster than court
- Mediation is less stressful than court.
- Mediation causes less long term relationship damage than court.
- Mediation is confidential, courts in general are open and many of the documents are public documents.
- Mediation is a voluntary process.
- Mediation is a form of Alternative Dispute Resolution (A.D.R.).
- Mediators are independent.Mediation is suitable where there is an imbalance of power between the parties.
In mediation the parties decide what course they wish to take. This is the key to the success of mediation over litigation, people choose their own outcomes. Mediation offers flexible solutions.