Civil Litigation Mediation Practice

Litigation mediation generally refers to the behavior of the people's court to preside over the negotiation between the two parties on the case to reach an agreement to resolve the dispute after the parties have filed a lawsuit with the people's court. The Civil Procedure Law provides that the people's courts shall hear civil cases and shall conduct conciliation on the basis of the principles of voluntariness and legality; where conciliation fails, a timely judgment shall be rendered.

The Chinese people's **** and the National Civil Procedure Law, Article 9 The people's courts to hear civil cases, shall be based on voluntary and lawful principle of mediation; mediation fails, it shall be timely judgment.