The Use of Mediation in Construction Disputes

If you are a construction mediator, you will want to read this 40 page 2009 report setting out the results of a research project conducted by The Centre of Construction Law and Dispute Resolution, King’s College London and The Technology and Construction Court.

"... Mediation was undertaken on the parties’ own initiative in the vast majority of cases. Of the successful mediations only 22% were undertaken as a result of the court suggesting it or due to an order of the court. Even where mediation was unsuccessful, 91% occurred as a result of the parties’ own initiative: only 1 out of 11 unsuccessful mediations was ordered by the court..." [read more]