| you could go to Trial: | | or you could use Mediation: |
| you could spend a lot of money and still lose | | you could pay a small fraction of that and still achieve a good result |
| you would have to submit to the legal process | you could regain control of events |
| the process is adversarial: it might get very unpleasant | you could talk to someone who is neutral |
| you would go over all the same old arguments you've already been over before, many times | your Mediator might have some new and constructive ideas to assist settlement |
| you might lose, you might win, but the decision could be appealed | a mediated settlement is an agreement on your terms which cannot be appealed |
| if you win, you might make an enemy for life | you might continue to do business together |
| running a case to trial requires management time and money | a mediated settlement stops the haemorrhage there and then |
