Stories from practice

Case study

The following success stories are just some of the unique stories of a specific group of people. The solutions found during mediation are only acceptable to certain people and situations. Each difficult situation is unique in its own way.

The situation description is done in a very simplified format. These mediations lasted from 2 to 40 hours. Some of the mediations lasted in the format of single-member mediation. Frequently there were cases when participants made the decision to study and acquire mediator skills after the process.

The bank of stories is replenished. We invite graduates to share their success stories with us.

Family mediation. Housing disputes. Hereditary disputes

Request: willing to save a family. There are three children in family. Husband insists on saving the family, wife insists on maintaining only parental relations. The difficulties that have arisen have been caused by husband's extramarital affairs resulting in complications in the wife's health. Parties agreed on temporary residence apart from each other, and also on conditions for meeting with children and their financial support, man's partition in the selection of educational institutions, child care, kid's clubs, baby-sitters etc. The parties agreed on returning to the mediation process as necessary to adjust the arrangements.

Mediators: Halyna Yeromenko, Olha Shepel

Organizational mediation (mediation between top executives, managers, financial services workers, etc.)

Request: Mediation between new sales director and «old» sales team (about 10 people). As a result of mediation, errors of perception of each other's behavior and actions were clarified, procedural issues regarding information exchange, reporting, forms of communication, etc. were resolved.

Sphere of activity: financial

Mediators: Halyna Yeromenko, Olha Shepel

Corporate and commercial mediation

Request: fulfillment of obligations and payment of penalties.

Parties involved in mediation process: a representative of a foreign firm, their lawyers and a leading law firm. Time spent (including time involved in the process) -- 5 hours. Failure to comply with the agreements was caused by force majeure (end of 2013-early 2014). One of the parties waived its obligations for the future due to fears of crop failure. The parties refused to apply for international arbitration. Part of the obligations were made in cash, partly in kind by applying a discount on products. Accrued penalties were partially reduced. Risk concerns were eliminated through the application of realistic liability verification techniques. Finally, parties have agreed on the following partnerships.

Sphere of activity: grain trading.

Mediators: Halyna Yeromenko, Liudmyla Syzykova