Mediation is about finding your own solutions instead of turning to a stranger to find them for you. At the office of Nicholas St-Pierre, lawyer and mediator Caroline Sauvé offers mediation services to clients in Ottawa, Gatineau and nearby areas on both sides of the River, in both languages. Her cases include:
- Employment issues
- Corporate and commercial disputes
- Educational issues, including matters involving school boards
- Civil litigation matters, including small claims
Small claims clients in Quebec can request Caroline's services from the small claims mediation list.
Call us to arrange a meeting. Call 613-233-3793, or reach us by email.
Mediation Agreements
We will do our best to settle your dispute outside of the court system. Doing so can save you time, money and aggravation. Most importantly, it can give you a solution that is your own, instead of one imposed on you by a court.
Our mediator will:
- Explain your rights and options: As a lawyer and mediator, Caroline can help both sides understand what the law has to say about their own obligations and rights.
- Find common ground: Often both sides can become entrenched in hostility and may not be able to see where their interests are the same.
- Help both sides communicate: It is often easier to hear something if it comes from a neutral third party, rather than the "other side." A mediator can also keep parties focused and help keep emotions from getting out of hand.
- Find creative solutions: Judges are sometimes constrained by the law to turn to one-size-fits-all solutions that may not fit your particular situation well — or fit it at all. Judges also don't have time to get to know your situation as well as you do.
- Get both sides on board: It is easier to accept a solution that you have helped to build, rather than one that has been imposed upon you.
- Preserve relationships: In some matters, both sides need to work together after the dispute is done. By finding a solution together, you are more likely to be able to cooperate after the case is over and life goes back to normal.
Contact The Office Of Nicholas St-Pierre
Let our mediator help you find a constructive solution to your dispute in the National Capital Region. Call 613-233-3793 or fill out our online form.
