Author Archives: Tim Wallis

How to persuade an opponent to mediate

The carrot Mediation often works best as an entirely voluntary process, so the carrot is better than the stick. A letter can be persuasive, but a phone discussion (or meeting) is more likely to produce a result – you can put arguments to deal with an opponent’s negative attitude towards mediation before offering to mediate….

7 reasons why mediation works in personal injury claims

It is well established that mediation works in personal injury cases. Why it works is more involved. Ask 10 mediators and you may get 11 different answers!  This is my perspective as a full time mediator who has been litigating and mediating such cases for many years. Mediation works with personal injury cases because: Flexible…