Mediation Assistance

What this is

Resolving a dispute through mediation - a family, business, partnership, property, tenancy, employment or commercial dispute - including the pre-institution mediation the Commercial Courts Act requires before a commercial suit, and court-referred or private mediation under the Mediation Act, with our panel advocate preparing your position, representing you in the sessions, and drafting the settlement agreement so it binds. It is for anyone who wants a negotiated end without or before litigation. Mediator's and institution's fees are shown separately.

What you get

Mediation assistance: the dispute and the other side's position analysed, the right mediation route identified - private mediation through a mediation service provider or an agreed mediator, pre-institution mediation before the District Legal Services Authority for a commercial dispute, court-annexed mediation in a pending case, or Lok Adalat where suitable - the application or request for mediation drafted, reviewed and signed by our panel advocate and filed or sent, your position statement and settlement range prepared with the documents, representation and advice at the mediation sessions as the plan includes, and the mediated settlement agreement drafted so it records the terms, releases and consequences of breach and is enforceable, with a note on registration or filing of the settlement and on what happens if mediation fails. Mediator's fees and institutional charges are shown separately and not included in our fee.

How it works

1. 1Upload the dispute fileThe agreement or papers the dispute concerns, correspondence, any notice or case papers, and settlement proposals so far. We pre-fill the parties and the dispute.
2. 2Tell us the dispute and your goalWhat you want, what you would accept, and the relationship you want afterwards.
3. 3Answer the advocate's questionsWhether the other side will attend, whether a case is pending or a commercial suit is planned, what the real interests are, and whether there is urgency.
4. 4PayPay our fee; mediator and institutional charges are shown separately.
5. 5Advocate prepares and initiatesThe mediation request is sent or filed, the mediator is agreed or appointed, and your position statement is prepared.
6. 6Sessions and settlementWe represent you at the sessions as the plan includes and draft the settlement agreement, or advise on the next step if mediation fails.

What to have ready

• Agreement, deed or papers the dispute concerns (if you have it)If any.
• Correspondence and settlement proposals exchanged (if you have it)Emails, letters, chats.
• Notice or case papers (if you have it)If any.
• Documents supporting your position (if you have it)Invoices, records, valuations.
• Your ID and address proofAadhaar, PAN or passport.
• Authority letter or board resolution (if you have it)If an entity.
• Bills, invoices, receipts or account statements (if you have it)Whatever shows the amounts in dispute, if the dispute involves money.

What this is based on

• Mediation Act 2023 (2023)
• Commercial Courts Act 2015 (2015)
• CPC 1908 S.89 (1908)
• Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 (1987)Source: https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/1975
• Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (1908)Source: https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/2191