The alternative methods used in finding solutions to disputes are also called the ADR methods. This is an abbreviation for Alternative Dispute Resolution and it means alternative (in relation to legal proceedings) ways of finding solutions to disputes. We should include mediation among such methods. The word ‘mediation’ comes from the Greek language (medos — mediating, not belonging to any of the sides), and Latin (mediatio — mediation). Mediation is a voluntary, confidential, legal proceeding conducted by the parties of the particular dispute in cases in which it is possible to reach a compromise in the presence of an impartial and neutral third party who is called a ‘mediator’.