What are some of the advantages of mediation?

Some advantages of mediation include:

• confidentiality;
• the result may benefit both or all sides and thus present a win/win solution;
• the outcome can be tailored to meet the unique needs of the case and the particular parties;
• specially trained mediators assist the parties in fashioning more creative solutions not customarily occurring with other CDR techniques; and
• mediation can be a more cost-efficient, less formal and more meaningful alternative to the traditional trial process.