‘A search of the internet for “how successful is mediation?” indicates that “mediation has an average success rate of 70-80%” but my daughter tells me that 86.7% of statistics on the internet are made up so further research is required. The authoritative CEDR 10th Annual Mediation Audit, available at Tenth-CEDR-Mediation-Audit-2023.pdf found that 72% of civil mediations settled on the day and a further 20% settled “shortly after”. There is, therefore, a very good chance that mediation will save the parties the cost, stress and emotional turmoil of litigation.’
Becket Chambers, 29th February 2024
Source: becket-chambers.co.uk
