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Example of Opening Statement

Frieder Lempp introduces himself as the mediator for a session aimed at resolving disputes between two parties. He emphasizes the importance of confidentiality, the voluntary nature of the mediation process, and the participants' authority to make decisions. The session will involve sharing perspectives, setting an agenda, and exploring potential solutions collaboratively.

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Example of Opening Statement

Frieder Lempp introduces himself as the mediator for a session aimed at resolving disputes between two parties. He emphasizes the importance of confidentiality, the voluntary nature of the mediation process, and the participants' authority to make decisions. The session will involve sharing perspectives, setting an agenda, and exploring potential solutions collaboratively.

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1. Hi – my name is Frieder Lempp and I am here as your mediator today.

You
can call me by my first name – Frieder. Would you like to introduce
yourselves by telling us your name and how you would like to be addressed?

2. The goal of this mediation session is to jointly explore the issues that are
bothering you and then to think about possible options for resolving them. If,
in the end, you feel that you have found a solution that works for both of you,
well, then you can simply agree to it as the solution for your dispute.

3. My role as mediator is to help you understand what is going on in your


situation and assist you in finding the best solution for it. I am not here as
any kind of judge or to provide any advice how you should resolve things.

4. It is your role to make the decisions and to find a solution that works for
both of you. You will not be forced to agree to anything that you do not want
to agree to. In fact you can leave the mediation at any time. However, the fact
that you have both come here today shows me that you both seem to have an
interest in resolving things.

5. In terms of what is going to happen: shortly I will invite you to provide a


brief summary of what has brought you here and what, in your view, the
dispute is about. I will then summarise your statements and we will set and
agenda and discuss each topic in detail. The focus of the second half will be
to look at possible solutions and evaluate them in terms of how well they
work for each of you.

6. Sometimes, I may want to speak to one of you in private. If that happens,


there will be an extra layer of confidentiality which means that I will not
disclose anything you say in that session to the other party. You will be free,
of course, to say whatever you choose to the other party.

7. Talking about confidentiality, the whole mediation process is confidential


unless the law requires disclosure. You have both signed an agreement to
mediate, which contains respective confidentiality provisions.

8. In terms of time – I am working on the assumption that we have three hours


altogether. Is that right? I also assume that you have the authority to make
decisions regarding the settlement of this dispute. Is that correct?

9. One more thing before we can start. It may be the case that you hear some
things today which you do not want to hear, or which you don’t like. This is
absolutely normal – otherwise you probably wouldn’t be here. In such a
situation, the best thing to do is to listen what the other person is saying
even if you don’t like it or disagree with it. You can also take notes so you can
come back to a specific point later.

10. OK that’s it from me. Do you have any questions so far? Otherwise, we start
with your opening statements.

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