Litigation is Mediations contender and opposition. Whilst litigation focuses on a set of court rules and pedantic timelines mediation is the latest and evolving dispute resolution technique used by global attorneys. UPA caught onto the concept of mediation very early and seeks to find alternate means of “ice-breakers” in settling simple and complex legal problems. The problems are created by the parties or consequences that affect the parties and they are best suited to resolve these issues. Mediation has proven to be successful on an international level and aims to harness relationships rather than break relationships.

We believe and rely on the EFT principle which is effective, facilitative and transformative mediation. This allows us to be result driven in resolving the dispute whilst helping parties through a process of negotiation and by this eventually concluding a new set of answers to the problem they are facing. For every problem there is a solution.

Facilitating the process is the key to ensuring that parties do not feel stuck in power positions disallowing them to move from their respective positions and mindset. Mediation is simply the effective manipulation of changing ones belief system in seeing that a cat can be skinned more than just one way. It’s highly inquisitorial rather than parties forming a bias that their method or answers are the right conclusion.

Nelson Mandela once said: “When you talk to a man in a language he understands you speak to his mind but when you speak to him in his own language you speak to his heart.” This is simply mediation.