Mediation Services
Mediation
Mediation is a procedure in which the parties in disagreement, conflict or controversy voluntarily try to reach an agreement by themselves with the help of a professional known as a Mediator, who does not have decision-making functions, but rather manages the procedure.
It complements the judicial system. In no case does its use limit the right to go to court. It is also possible to resort to mediation suspending the judicial process already initiated.
The agreement constitutes a private contract between the parties, and therefore, it is enforceable. If it is notarized or judicially approved, it is enforceable.
Thanks to this ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution), the parties involved retain greater autonomy over decisions and reduce the emotional toll that prolonged litigation can take on them.
Reasons for choosing Mediation
Confidentiality Guaranteed
Confidentiality is an essential pillar of mediation. In our practice, no details are shared without consent, creating an environment of trust where the parties can speak freely and express their views. This factor contributes to the protection of sensitive information, which is essential in family or corporate disagreements, conflicts, or controversies.
Effectiveness of the Agreements
Agreements reached through mediation are more lasting, as they arise from mutual consent. The parties feel involved in the process and are committed to fulfilling their agreement. This avoids having to go back to court and saves time, money, and unnecessary stress. The satisfaction of those involved is usually greater because they have direct control over every step.
Official Recognition
Our firm is recognized by the Ministry of Justice and the Interior and the Ministry of the Presidency, Economy, Labor, and Housing of the Principality of Andorra. Our mediators are also recognized by the Spanish Ministry of Justice, which provides legal certainty to agreements and legitimizes mediation as an appropriate means of resolving disagreements, conflicts, or disputes. This support is key for those seeking a solid legal alternative capable of delivering valid and enforceable results in the event of noncompliance.
Recognized as ADR to access the Judicial Procedure
We ensure that you comply with the admissibility requirement when attempting mediation, ensuring a proper and legal process. This involves requesting mediation, ensuring proper documentation of the attempt, and, if an agreement is not reached, submitting documentation proving the attempt along with the lawsuit.
Mediation allows the Parties
Mediation allows the parties involved in a disagreement, conflict or controversy to speak for themselves, taking into account the diverse and sometimes contradictory nature of human beings, sometimes rational, sometimes emotional, sometimes cooperative, sometimes competitive, in order to establish the issues as they see them, feeling respected and autonomous, and taking responsibility for their future decisions. These interrelationships, between emotional needs and rational needs, allow, with the help of a Mediator, to find the solutions that best suit the needs of the parties, taking into account the requests of the intervening parties. This avoids that it is someone outside the environment who interposes a solution despite the more directive character required by the Mediation professional. Learn about the Mediation Process, with the objective of seeking solutions and the need to find them in order to reach a mutually satisfactory agreement.
Mediation Values
Will of the Parties
Mediation requires the will of each party to be carried out. As it is not a coercive system, it is essential that everyone is open to dialogue and to seek consensual solutions. If any of the parties is not willing to collaborate, the process does not move forward, as it is based on genuine cooperation.
Scope of Application
Mediation is applicable in all areas of a society.
Mediator Neutrality
The Mediator adopts a neutral stance, ensuring that each party has the opportunity to express his or her concerns and needs. He or she does not impose verdicts; instead, he or she encourages respectful dialogue so that the parties can find their own consensus. Mediation seeks to restore trust and collaboration among the participants, which is essential in disagreements, conflicts or family, labor or commercial disputes, among others.
Fast Results
Mediation accelerates the search for agreements, avoiding the extensive procedures of a judicial proceeding. By eliminating bureaucratic phases and focusing on mutual understanding, the disagreement, conflict or controversy can be resolved in fewer sessions, which, in turn, reduces the level of stress and anxiety of the parties.
Lower Costs
Compared to the costs involved in a traditional trial, mediation is more economical. Legal fees and costs derived from evidence and appeals are reduced. Moreover, in our firm, we offer full financial transparency so that clients know, in advance, all the details related to fees and procedures, enhancing mutual trust.
Power of Decision
In mediation, the people involved decide the path to follow. There is no sentence imposed by a third party, but a consensus that takes into account the interests of all. This level of autonomy usually improves the subsequent relationship of the parties, especially if they will continue to have dealings or common bonds after the disagreement, conflict or controversy.
Sessions and Structure
Mediation usually takes place over several well-structured sessions. Each session has a specific purpose: to identify problems, explore options and bring positions closer together. The total duration will depend on the complexity of the case, but it is almost always shorter than that of a trial, which speeds up the outcome and reduces the emotional toll.
Final Act and Validity
At the conclusion of the mediation, the decisions are embodied in a document that, signed by the parties, acquires legal validity. This agreement may be executed in a public deed, or it may be judicially approved by a Judge, guaranteeing an additional legal support. In this way, the parties involved have the certainty that what has been agreed has the protection of the legislation in force.
Expert Collaboration
Expert collaboration in mediation, when required by reason of the subject matter, involves working as a team with other professionals to facilitate the resolution of disagreements, conflicts or controversies, whether in the family, civil, commercial, labor, among others. These collaborations can be between different types of professionals, such as Lawyers, Psychologists and Social Workers among others, with the objective of providing an even more specialized and effective integral approach to Mediation. We believe that such collaboration is essential for professional development and growth, allowing the exchange of knowledge and experience. Successful work can only be achieved by by creating an environment of respect and trust among the participants, without exception. Our goal is to ensure that each person receives the support they need, regardless of the nature of the disagreement, conflict or dispute. For all these reasons, we offer high quality services adapted to the needs of Companies, Individuals and Public Organizations.
Services
- Civil Mediation.
- Commercial Mediation.
- Labor Mediation.
- Family Mediation.
- Criminal Mediation.
- Banking Mediation.
- Real Estate Mediation.
- School Mediation.
- Health Mediation.
- Police Mediation.
- Intrajudicial Mediation.
- Prison Mediation.
- Administrative Mediation.
- Consumer Mediation.
- Sports Mediation.
- Mediation in Collective Conflicts.
- Mediation in Traffic Accidents.
- Mediation in Inheritance and Successions.
- Other Services, please consult.
Promoting Mediation
Our firm remains firm in its commitment to promote mediation in any field, to foster a change of culture in the resolution of disagreements, conflicts or controversies and to promote dialogue as the basis for the justice of the future.
We are convinced that Mediation is an essential means for a more humane, efficient, accessible and sustainable justice. To this end, we intend to strengthen our ties with Mediation Organizations and Professionals with whom we share values and objectives. With them, our firm evolves by opening its eyes not only to the Principality of Andorra and Spain, but also to the rest of the world.
If our firm bears the word Mediators, it is not by chance, but because we carry in our DNA the Mediating, Conciliating, Compromising, in short, establishing agreements that favor the parties for us will always be above any lawsuit, because everything that is born of the will, we believe that enjoys a value incomparable to that which is imposed. To Mediate is to Talk.
