In Praise of Joint Sessions

This paper, which is written in the context of mediating the litigated case, deals with the increasing trend amongst mediators to do away with a joint session and adopt a shuttle mediation model.

This is an especially topical debate amongst mediators with some advocating that a purely caucus model saves time and is what the market now requires. This compares with other mediators resisting the demise of the joint session, saying it is at the heart of what we do and of what mediation is.