Podcast number 5 in the CMS ICE Disputes Building Voices podcast series focuses on the early identification and management of disputes and, specifically, the use of mediation as an alternative form of dispute resolution. Shona Frame, a Partner in the ICE Disputes team, and Jane Fender-Allison, a Senior Associate in the ICE Disputes team, discuss the importance of mediation and what it can offer to parties involved in a dispute, including:

• What is mediation and recent developments;
• Why should the construction industry be interested in mediation; and
• How parties to a dispute can use mediation most effectively.