For many businesses the costs of running their companies increase constantly and they have a need to re look at many areas to see if there are ways to reduce the overheads of the company. One area they make look at is the legal advice they receive and use. They may work with their legal advisors to help them with bad debts or other more complex problems that have occurred. Taking any issues or problems to court can become very expensive and time-consuming and in the light of this lawyers now provide a service of mediation that in many cases is preferable to taking the matter through the many months of the court system.

Mediation or facilitated negotiation is the term used for talking to all the parties involved about whatever problem has occurred and finding a solution that is satisfactory to all concerned eliminating the need for court proceedings.

The mediator will not have a set way of working, there is more than one way of handling mediation cases, and the mediator may choose to meet each side involved in the issue separately and on another case may meet them altogether. The mediator will familiarise himself with all the details of the issue and how both sides see the what is involved. The mediator with be able to assess areas where some element of compromise may be made and discuss these accordingly with all concerned. He will ascertain just what each side wishes to achieve out of the discussions and only when he thinks it appropriate will he bring both parties together to try to find mutual agreement having first discussed the possibility of some compromise on each side.

The mediator will record the details of all the meetings and armed with this he will try to facilitate an agreement between the parties. When the situation arrives at both parties finding a solution that is acceptable to them then the mediator will make a record of the discussions and get both parties to sign that agreement. It is only after the agreement has been signed by both parties that the agreement is binding.

Using the services of a fully trained mediator is a very acceptable way of trying to solve a situation that has happened. It can often be the chosen way to all parties involved as a preferred method of handling a problem and avoid the costly and long arduous months often involved in court proceedings.

For more help and advice regarding mediation please contact Tolhurst Fisher - Solicitors Chelmsford. Tolhurst Fisher are an established team of specialist solicitors in Chelmsford

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