Going to Court or choosing other forms of litigation may be an expensive way to resolve your dispute. Time delays and a breakdown in business and working relationships may also be costly. Mediation usually costs significantly less than going to Court. Mediators will tell you their fees, which are normally based on an hourly rate. A mediator's costs are usually shared equally by the parties.
Mediation works if the parties to the dispute really want to resolve it.
Two houses lay at the end of a private drive. Gerry lived in one house and Tom in the other. Tom sometimes parked his ute across the shared drive, making Gerry's access difficult. One day Tom reversed his ute into Gerry's new Mazda, and Gerry lost his temper. Both blamed each other for the accident.