| In some cases, arbitration may be the only way to render a favorable
resolution for either party to a dispute. Arbitration is an alternative to litigation
that offers the following advantages:
- Lower costs
- Arbitrated solutions can be reached more quickly
- Arbitration can offer more privacy
- Friendlier than litigation
- Allows for more creative solutions than the courts may offer
- Less pressure and stress on already conflicted parties
- Litigants may 'dig in', making resolution more difficult.
- Better control of a mutually positive outcome
- A possibly better forum to explore all the issues
- It's voluntary or by prior agreement
- the private quality of mediation?
- Focused on solving the problem
- Offers a more permanent agreement
- Focused on a "win-win" resolutions
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