31 August 2007

Mediation Tips (31 August 2007)

As mediation, especially in Indonesia, has become a pre requisite before courts start the proceeding, there are several tips for mediators to make it succesful.

In court annexed mediation, the most basic thing to do if you have a pre-mediation meeting with both parties on seperate location, try to ask them if there is a willing inside them to reach a settlement.

If no, there is a slight chance for a good result. If there is, at least from one of them, then you can ask the affirmed one what is their lowest position in maintaining the disputed issues.

I do not suggest you to inform this to the opponent, however, you can always softly pressurise the opposing one that if they do not have a settlement option, then the judges might think that the peace-willing one is the one to be in favour of. Once it has been soften, than you can continue to remind the first to slowly recommend his/her lowest position.

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