<p>Yes. By far the best way to mediate a dispute is in person, even if it means making arrangements to travel some distance. Not only does it save time, but you also have the personal interaction with the other parties and the mediator. However there are many times and many situations where this simply is not possible. This is when we look at the other alternativees.</p>
<p>Mediating through email is our least preferred on-line mediation process. First, it takes a lot of time to type everything to be stated and discussed. Secondly, there is no direct interaction. Then there are matters of faxing or scanning documents and waiting for everyone to receive hs or her copies, verifying authenticity, re-faxing and re-scanning if changes are made to draft agreements, and so on. It can certainly be done, but it is time consuming and ultimately quite expensive.</p>