Trained Mediator Urges Greater Use of Private, Not Public Platform to Settle Conflicts, Rekindle fellowship

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With an overburdened court system and declining fellowship among citizens, trained mediator Joe Issa is urging greater use of mediation to settle conflicts, rather that taking it through the courts, stating the process could help rekindle lost fellowship in communities.

“I won’t say we can do it for every case; but I am sure there are many conflicts which are now in the courts that should never have been there as they can be settled through mediation,” said Issa, who is a certified conflict mediator, having undertaken the required 40 hours of training.

He adds, “Mediation allows the parties to discuss the issue in private – with the help of a non-involved third party – and come to an agreement much more quickly than the court system can manage, and no one else has to know.”

Encouraged by the strides being made by the authorities with the establishment of mobile justice and parish offices for Justices of the Peace (JPs) – which encourage people to use mediation as an alternative to taking conflicts through the courts – Issa said “I wish a lot more people would come forward and use this platform to settle their disputes.”

Stating that taking matters to court is like taking it to the streets, which is more likely to end in enemity among the parties and their friends and families, Issa said “it doesn’t have to be so…The conflict can be settled in private and informally, with a neutral third party…they can represent themselves; so no lawyers fees involved, and most importantly, they won’t be forced to agree.”

Moreover, he said, “Conflicts which end up in court tend to take years before a judgement is reached. In the mean time, the parties become impatient and antagonistic and bad things may happen to one another, but the real reprisals come after the ruling by a judge or jury, not one which they both agree on to end the dispute.”

Importantly, Issa argues, “When there is a dispute between two people, most of the time there are many others involved such as their family and friends; in some cases an entire community can be divided on the issue…That’s a lot of enemity, and lost opportunity to rekindle fellowship in our society.”

Issa, who is also a JP and Catholic minister in Ocho Rios, St Ann, where his Cool Group business is headquartered, suggests a range of disputes that can be settled through mediation, from most non-criminal cases and some non-violent criminal ones, to non-legal issues.

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