Mediation

(asked on 20th December 2017) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will establish a legal process by which a preliminary judgment is reached on the evidence presented at pre-trial mediation and reflected in the mediation settlement.


Answered by
Dominic Raab Portrait
Dominic Raab
This question was answered on 8th January 2018

Any agreement reached through mediation is privileged, and any information exchanged between the mediating parties remains a private matter, unless a court orders otherwise. The Government is committed to encouraging parties to reach a resolution out of court as far as possible and it may undermine the mediation process to introduce changes to its confidential nature. Where parties apply to court with a consent order which follows on from a mediation agreement, the court already has the necessary scrutiny powers at its disposal.

Reticulating Splines