Media and Mediation: Contracts

This is the third in a series of articles highlighting the relevance of mediation in media disputes. As procedural pressures to consider this option increase, clients and lawyers in the sector should put themselves in a position to judge what it is worth.

I have previously looked at two specific areas within media where I believe mediation has a valid role to play. Here I wish to carry the principles into the more disparate area of contractual disputes and, finally, to draw together my position on ADR.

This article will look at two contractual angles

1. Examples of contractual and quasi-contractual disputes when mediation should be favoured.
2. The contracts within the commitment to mediate being