Glossary
In Family Law
To be married or to have a marriage means that 2 people of the same or opposite sex had a marriage ceremony with someone that has the legal power to marry them. A marriage ends only by divorce, annulment, or the death of one of the partners. Being separated is not the same as being divorced.
In Debt and Consumer Rights, Family Law
The matrimonial home is the property that was usually used by married partners as their family home at the time they separated.
There can be more than one matrimonial home.
Common-law partners cannot have a matrimonial home.
In Human Rights
A mediated agreement is an agreement that 2 parties make with the help of a third person called a mediator during mediation. If the parties make a mediated agreement on some or all of their issues, they do not need to have a hearing at a court or tribunal about the things they have agreed on.
In Housing Law
A mediated agreement is an agreement that a landlord and a tenant make with the help of a Board mediator. It is a way to settle a case without the Board making the decision. A mediated agreement can give the landlord the right to ask the Board for an eviction order later without telling the tenant. It can also take away other rights that landlords and tenants cannot give up in any other way.
In Child abuse and neglect, Domestic violence, Family Law
Mediation is an alternative dispute resolution process where people who do not agree on something meet with someone called a mediator. The mediator is a neutral person trained to help people agree on their issues without taking sides.
The mediator’s goal is to help them find a solution that they agree on. A mediator does not make decisions or force anyone to agree to anything.
A mediator is sometimes also called a facilitator.
In Debt and Consumer Rights, Employment and Work, Housing Law, Human Rights
In mediation, people who do not agree on something meet with someone called a mediator. The mediator tries to help them find a solution that they agree on.
A mediator does not make decisions or force anyone to agree to anything. If people make an agreement after mediation, they either:
- will not need to have a hearing at a court or tribunal, where a judge or adjudicator decides for them, or
- will only need a hearing about the things they still do not agree on.
In Criminal Law
Mediation is a way for you to resolve disputes using a third party. The mediator is neutral. This means that the mediator listens to both people and tries to help them find a solution that they agree on. With mediation, the third party helps both sides work together to resolve the dispute.
In Family Law
Mediation-arbitration is a process that tries to solve your legal issues without going to court. It combines the alternative dispute resolution processes of mediation and arbitration.
First, you and your partner meet with a neutral mediator, who is trained to help you agree on your issues without taking sides. Then, if you have not been able to reach an agreement with the mediator’s help, a neutral arbitrator decides what should happen. An arbitrator’s decision is called a family arbitration award.
You and your partner can decide if you want the same person to act as mediator and then, if necessary, as an arbitrator. Or, if you want different people to be the mediator and arbitrator.
In mediation, a worker and an employer meet with someone called a mediator. The mediator tries to help them find a solution that they agree on. The mediator is neutral, which means they do not take the side of the worker or the employer.
If the mediation process works, the worker and the employer make an agreement. This means they will not need to have a hearing at a court or tribunal, where a judge or adjudicator would decide for them.
In Human Rights
When 2 parties do not agree on something, a third person called a mediator can talk to both of them to try to help them reach an agreement. This process is called mediation. A mediator is neutral, which means they do not take sides. They do not have the power to decide anything or force anyone to agree to anything.
If the mediation process works, both parties will make an agreement on some or all of their issues. This will not need to have a hearing at a court or tribunal about the things they agree on.