Prepare documents for Mediation

Dear all,

Prepare documents for Mediation

I am Natalia Cheung, a Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) Accredited Mediator and a practising solicitor in Hong Kong.

 

I would like to share with you some information on preparing documents for mediation.

 

During pre-mediation stage, mediator will ask the solicitors for the parties to provide documents of the case for preparation of the mediation session.

In considering what documents should be provided to the mediator, solicitors may take note of the following:

ü          The purpose of providing the documents is to support the explanation of the issues in dispute to be presented to the opposite party

 

ü          Limit the documents to be provided to a minimum, only those which can help establish the case background, establish your case and undermine the case of the other side and those documents which help the parties to achieve a settlement of the dispute should be provided

ü          Previous settlement negotiation letters should be provided to assist the mediator to understand the obstacles to settlement

ü          Expert reports for technical matters should be provdied to enable the mediator to understand the issues in dispute. Consider whether a summary or an abstract of the expert report may be sufficient

ü          Any confidential documents that need to be provdied may be sent to the mediator separately without copying the same to the opposite side or during caucus (private session)

For further information on mediation, please contact Ms. Natalia Cheung 

[(852)-6777 5767]

E-mail: natalia@plaw.hk

 

Natalia Cheung 

HKIAC Accredited Mediator & Hong Kong Solicitor

Pang Kung & Co., HK Solicitors & Notaries & Civil Celebrants of Marriages

  

 

Disclaimer: The above is for your information and reference only. The contents do not constitute legal advice or a substitute for legal advice in individual cases.