Sentences with phrase «side at each mediation»

The attorneys can be by your side at each mediation meeting.

Not exact matches

On the corporate side our Baltimore litigation lawyers are experienced at administrative law matters, arbitration and mediation, business litigation, civil appeals, contract disputes, cyber-law, environmental law, federal investigations, insurance law, real estate, tax prosecutions and IRS matters.

«It is clear that both sides have chosen the path of war, open conflict, and the space for political dialogue and cessation of hostilities and mediation is very, very reduced at this point,» deputy U.N. peacekeeping chief Edmond Mulet said.

In a press conference at the Halal Guys restaurant on the Upper West Side, she endorsed a proposal that would mandate mediation between landlords and commercial tenants.

Baltimore's school board and teachers union are at an impasse after 14 months of contract negotiations and have asked that a mediator take over.The two sides issued a joint statement Tuesday afternoon saying that they are «headed into mediation.»

Mediation involves a neutral third party who assists parties in resolving a dispute, or at least narrowing the issues, in a manner that is acceptable to both sides.

At a mediation conference, both sides will sit down and present their cases to the mediator informally.

Parties, moving swiftly toward trial, may decide at a one - day mediation, whether that mediation is mandatory or voluntary, that they do not wish to incur any or all of the following: the inherent risk of trial, the lack of finality (since the trials can lead to appeals), the publicity of open court proceedings, the prospect of having to pay the other side's legal costs if they lose, stress, and the further fracture of relationships.

At mediation, one side often accuses the other of cherry picking the facts in its mediation brief or opening statement.

Acting for a specialist lender in a multi-million pound surveyor's negligence claim relating to the development of a hotel and complex of beach - side apartments in Salcombe (settled at mediation)

As more and more counties are adopting mandatory mediation, at least on the family court side, there is a compelling need for attorneys to have more than a passing knowledge of the ADR Rules, especially if the Rules are being cited with more frequency in appellate court opinions.

But, while the mediation of courts is based upon the principle of judicial impartiality, disinterestedness, and fairness pervading the whole system of judicature, so that courts may as near as possible be above suspicion, there is, on the other side, an important issue at stake: that is, that causes may not be unfairly prejudiced, unduly delayed, or discontent created through unfounded charges of prejudice or unfairness made against the judge in the trial of a cause...

One would hope that this same kind of advocacy, attacking the credibility or integrity of the other side, doesn't happen at mediation, where the focus should be on settlement.

In at least two recent cases the parties have refused CPR mediation, when mediation has been sought early in the proceedings, because they had not had enough information from the other side to ensure that mediation would be effective (see: Nigel Witham Ltd v Smith [2008] EWHC 12 and Wethered Estate Ltd v Davis [2005] EWHC 1903).

For all of these reasons, CL may be preferable to mediation in certain situations - especially where one or both of the parties want to have their counsel at their side when such issues as asset division, alimony, health insurance, estate planning, or child support are discussed.

The effective mediator will help the parties recognize the strengths and weaknesses of both sides» case, so that at the end of mediation both parties are reasonably satisfied with the outcome.

It may be difficult at first, but putting one's self to the side and making a concerted effort to maximize the well - being of the family institution makes mediation a more - than - worthwhile alternative to conventional litigation.

Mediation removes the confrontation from divorce by having both parties cooperate in developing an effective divorce and parenting plan, instead of having lawyers clawing at each other for their client's one - sided needs.

Do you have further questions about the divorce mediation process, or do you need a Seattle divorce attorney to stand at your side through the mediation process?

When a couple comes into our office at Peace Talks Mediation Services, I get to greet both sides knowing that when our sessions together are over, they will have the tools and the knowledge to craft a brighter future for themselves, post-divorce.

What I like about mediation, at least mediation with an attorney - mediator, is that you can talk about the rules and the exceptions, and the laws and case law that supports each side in a very open way.

Divorce mediation involves polarized sides meeting with a third party neutral in an environment in which they hope to arrive at a compromise position where both parties are, to put it succinctly, equally happy and equally happy.