Role Of The Lawyers In The Mediation Process
- IJLLR Journal
- Feb 15
- 1 min read
Pradeep Kumar Bharadwaj, Research Scholar, Department of Law, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Green Fields, Vaddeswaram, Andhra Pradesh, 522302.
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9862-4967
Dr. Megha Ojha, Associate Professor, Department of Law, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Green Fields, Vaddeswaram, Andhra Pradesh, 522302.
ORCID ID: 0009-0003-0825-6529
ABSTRACT
A lawyer is an expert trusted by a party for the length of the litigation and thereon. But, Mediation by its core principles is autocentric to parties with the disputing parties participating and finding ways towards amicable settlement of their disputes.
Mediation has gained significant importance and necessity towards quick and effective resolution of disputes. The process emphasises the presence and control of the mediator heavily to remove the impediments in creating the impasse and enabling the resolutions. However, the final approval and consent to the resolution agreement vests on the parties who clings more with his lawyer than the impact of the mediator. As such, the role of a lawyer in the process of mediation becomes very curtail and necessary to assist the mediator as well as the respective parties to develop conviction towards resolutions and aiding in carving out the best outcome to the respective parties mutually. Let us therefore explore the role of a lawyer in the process of mediation hereunder.
