The agreement to mediate provides the essential legal basis for the mediation. Its signatories (the parties to the dispute, the mediator and CEDR Solve) all agree by signing it that the mediation is to be conducted consistent with both this CEDR Solve Model Procedure and the Code.
A draft mediation agreement will be sent for approval to the parties as part of the preparation process for the mediation, and any proposed amendments can then be discussed and inserted if agreed. The mediation agreement will normally be signed at the beginning of the mediation day on behalf of each of the parties and the mediator, having been pre-signed on behalf of CEDR Solve. In any pre-mediation contact with the parties, CEDR Solve staff and any CEDR mediator once appointed will observe its terms as to confidentiality, even though the agreement has not yet been signed.