When I was training as a mediator I observed a mediation involving a property development.  Although both parties had obtained valuation evidence from surveyors, a joint report, setting out where they agreed, disagreed and why they disagreed had not been prepared.  Accordingly, on the day of the mediation, there were perhaps more issues in dispute than there might otherwise have been.  A settlement was not reached.  

I was recently involved in a mediation involving a property where valuation e...
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