Business mediation services to Solve Disputes - Business mediators. Mediation is a strong step in the right direction to resolve business disputes. Are the parties big enough to try business mediation, without relying on the steps of the courts?
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Business mediation v. litigation
When parties move to legal action, small disputes often become big disputes. The professionals on either side are professionally qualified at litigation. Often this can take matters to the courts, and to court style procedures. Hours are consumed in considering legal issues, in reviewing tactics and strategies for both sides. The recent High Court Case involving Fyffes plc and DCC plc is a good example of lengthy litigation. Litigation costs can be considerable. Litigation costs can be hard to control. The litigation outcomes can be very uncertain, even though the advice to both sides may indicate that they both have a strong case. Who wins? Who loses?
Often, the litigation costs can far exceed the value of the issues involved in the dispute itself. Using the litigation process, there are opportunities for: -
• consuming large amounts of time,
• getting bogged down in legal processes,
• parties do not talk to each other,
• parties and ego's get locked into unmovable positions, and
• prolonging the dispute indeterminably.
• So, to solve it, mediate it.
So how do you mediate a business dispute, breach of contract or disagreement?
Business mediation saves costs
By letting us review the extent of disagreement, look for solutions and apply our skills to resolve the dispute through business mediation services.
Business mediation provides another way to solve disputes. Using the buiness mediation process, there are opportunities for: -
• saving large amounts of time,
• short-circuiting the parties way to solutions,
• enabling the parties to talk to each other,
• unlocking unmovable ego's, and
• shortening the dispute quickly.
• So, to solve it, mediate it.
Resolving a business dispute can be challenging. The challenges include: -
• seeking to establish a basis for ending the dispute,
• looking for common ground,
• using a solid independent approach,
• - independent of solicitors
• - independent of auditors
• - independent of shareholders
• - independent of family
BATL® can help to provide alternative dispute resolution services through our business mediation services. We are business mediators, so we can communicate directly between both parties. Because we are business mediators, we are not bound by the long established conventions of the legal institutions that regulate their professions. At the same time, we seek to provide a professional service, and realise the importance of certain aspects of business mediation in arriving at a suitable settlement between the parties.
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The potential for resolving your dispute improves with business mediation - how do the parties progress mediation?
• No limitless-based costs.
• No court charges.
With our services, you can budget your dispute costs with more reliability, certainty, and accuracy.
"Limit costs of business disputes"
• Fixed times mean we work fast on your account.
• Customers see that this aligns our interests with theirs.
• budgets can be managed with greater certainty.
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The parties can agree to try business mediation on a "without prejudice basis", and agree that if they cannot reach agreement, the matters raised with a mediator are inadmissable in a court context. If one party approaches us, we can initiate a business mediation approach to the other party. The potential for solving a dispute should outweigh the downside of litigation, depending on the circumstances. However, legal professionals frequently prefer to go the whole distance, thereby taking more time, incurring more costs, and staying within the processes embodied in litigation.
Because we are business mediators, some of the possibilities might include :-
• multi-party meetings,
• verbal communications,
• faster decision making, and
• suggesting solutions to disagreements.
• So, solve it, mediate it.
As business mediators some of the possibilities we can suggest might include :-
• a range of alternatives,
• a win-win approach,
• compromises.
• conditional progress to agreement,
• down-payments,
• deferred actions,
• more than one solution,
• balanced costs,
• So, solve it, mediate it.
After all, when all is said and done, the court decision may also suggest similar solutions - although the probability is higher from court actions that a win-lose result is awarded. In some cases this may be appropriate, however, if one has to work with family, shareholders, customers or suppliers in the future, a court action is highly likely to severely damage such a relationship. Business mediation can allow the parties to respect each other's point of view, and assist in preserving what formerly were relationships that were originally based on good faith to have some possibility of continuing into the future.
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Business Mediation and Dispute Resolution.
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Business mediation can be quite powerful in arriving at solving disputes. Business mediators, like BATL®, can adopt an atmosphere that supports the parties seek solutions. Because we are business mediators we are not focussed on win-lose outcomes, or lengthy procedures. BATL® looks to resolve business disputes quickly and efficiently.
BATL®'s business mediation approach helps to
• break down disputes into possibilities for solution,
• respect the interests of both parties,
• arrive at win-win outcomes,
• control dispute costs,
• reach mutual agreement.
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