«We see the future being a
continuation of their purchase order
business... but our technology enables retailers and the brands they carry to extend their
relationships in a way that helps both
of them generate significantly more revenue.»
One difference between inter partes and solicitor / client disputes can be that the parties still want to maintain a professional
relationship and a court assessment is likely to jeopardise that, whereas «[m] ediation provides litigants with a wider range
of solutions than those that are available in litigation: for example...
continuation of an existing professional or
business relationship perhaps on new terms» (see Lord Justice Dyson in Halsey).