I attended a mediation seminar on Saturday last in Letterkenny Donegal and came away with the following learning points:
* In most employment cases a mediator should escrow an agreement giving parties time to seek professional advice before signing an agreement.
* It's advisable to ask all parties for any notes they have taken for you to destroy after a mediation has finished.
* A good mediator should hold onto a closed mediation file indefinitely afterwards
* "Professional advice" is a better term than "legal advice" for it wider and encompasses medical and business advice where necessary as well as legal
* Any person shadowing a mediator should be referred to as an assistant rather than an observer. Co-mediators are just that and share responsibility and liability equally.
As always we're busy devising more employment law seminars
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