With the publishing of the Rules, Court-Annexed Mediation becomes a reality in South Africa’s Civil Justice System on 1 December 2014 at certain Magistrates courts. The Rules offer an opportunity to attorneys to represent their clients during the voluntary mediation process. LEAD offers a 5-day workshop (tamara@LSSALEAD.org.za) to train attorneys as mediators.This video gives a short summary of the Rules

Jean Munroe demonstrates the four phases of the mediation process. “Harry” and “Sally” are Tennessee residents in the midst of a divorce. They have a thirteen year old son, and a home that they have owned for several years. Watch as Jean guides them and their respective lawyers through the mediation process.

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Access to courts to resolve disputes and get justice is a right granted to all South Africans. But to many, exercising that constitutional right remains a pipe dream. However, the introduction to Court Annexed Mediation to resolve disputes in our court system, is set to bring the poor closer to obtaining justice. What will this move entail?

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In this clip from The Defense Never Rests podcast episode 9, Philadelphia mediator Barbara Lyons and Judge Michael Snyder discuss opening statements at mediation. Do you think they are less useful than attorneys think? Let us know what you think in the comments below.

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Attorney Phil Creel teams up with Kabrina Bass, Executive Director of Midlands Mediation Center, to outline how mediation works and why it works. Many of your questions about mediation are answered in this episode of Level Up Law.

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Mediation is a type of alternative dispute resolution or ADR. You may also see arbitration stated as a form of alternative dispute resolution. Disputes are traditionally fought in court, but litigation is a rough process.

Arbitration is time-consuming, expensive and can end up looking a lot like arbitration.

Mediation is different from arbitration and litigation in that there is no deciding party like a judge or arbitrator. The benefit of mediation
is that it provides a chance for the disputing parties to settle their dispute in a much more cost-effective and efficient manner before jumping to more expensive means of dispute resolution mechanisms.

So, you should almost universally include mediation as a dispute resolution mechanism in your contracts. However, there are instances in which I would advise against including mediation provisions in your contracts and certain considerations to make if you decide to do so.

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Demo of a court-referred mediation by Charlie Irvine, Course Leader on Strathclyde’s LLM/MSc in Mediation and Conflict Resolution. The parties are played by Maggie MacRitchie and Paul Darroch. This clip demonstrates Charlie’s ‘activist’ style of mediation and the use of private sessions to assist financial negotiation.