Mediation Advocacy: Representing Clients in Mediation

This practical book is aimed at those who attend mediations in the UK - as representatives, clients, experts, or mediators. The book shows how to get the best of the mediation process by explaining the process, step-by-step from the initial consideration of mediation to settlement. It also includes chapters on risk analysis and negotiating strategies. Mediation Advocacy: Representing Clients in Mediation deals with both UK civil and commercial mediation, and it highlights the similarities between these, which are often underestimated, as well the key differences. The book contains checklists, charts, summaries, and FAQs. Contents include: what is mediation advocacy? * where, why, and how does advocacy take place? * the mediation process * different types of mediation * selecting the mediator * mental preparation * behavioral traps * styles of negotiation * physical preparation * the mediation day(s) * settlement * special features of subject mediations * legal issues. [Subject: Mediation]