Mediation

Litigation can be an expensive and time consuming process. Once started it can be difficult to end it satisfactorily.

Mediation affords the parties an opportunity to meet in less formal surroundings to try and reach an accord. If successful the seemingly endless engagement with lawyers can be brought to an end, the exposure to costs quantified and your life returned to normal.

Increasingly we see a proportion of clients requesting mediation as a means of settling disputes. Consequently we have set up a specialist mediation department. Clients may seek mediation in an attempt to avoid a costly litigation battle, curtail seemingly endless time dealing with litigation or in the hope of avoiding irreparable damage to a business relationship. All are compelling arguments for its use.

There will be cases where the costs of conducting litigation significantly outweigh what is in dispute or where the parties are not in a financial position to pursue their dispute through the courts.

JPC are now able to offer CEDR qualified mediators with a specialism in commercial property law. As with all areas of our business we seek to offer experts in their field ensuring high standards.

We mediate the following:

• Dilapidations
• Landlord and tenant issues
• Adverse Possession
• Easements
• Contractual Disputes
• Lease Interpretation
• Boundary disputes

What is Mediation?

Mediation is a process whereby 2 parties in dispute invite an impartial individual (the mediator) to facilitate negotiations between themselves with a view to achieving a resolution. Decision making is owned by the parties and not the mediator or mediators.

Mediation is both voluntary and confidential, usually faster and often more productive than a dispute pursued through the court system.

Please be aware that our mediators are not able to offer legal advice during mediation and proposals are client led. Therefore, it is advisable for parties to bring legal representation to the mediation. Parties are each provided with a private room to confer with their own counsel between sessions. Mediation has a success rate of in excess of 80% of cases.

Additionally, we offer:

Early Neutral Evaluation

This is a relatively new service offering the two parties an opportunity to present an outline of their case and receive an indication of the likely outcome in court in order to settle the matter quickly and without protracted court costs.

Our head of Commercial Mediation is Steven Porter, one of our senior partners.

For further assistance, please contact us.