Iranian Law Approach about Online Mediation

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

1 PhD Student of Private Law, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

2 Assistant Professor of Private Law Department, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

Abstract

Mediation is an appropriate dispute resolution method because of the possibility of resolving disputes peacefully and determining the outcome of the dispute by the parties.  Online mediation in e-commerce disputes, despite of the special circumstances of the parties due to the distance and impossibility of face-to-face meeting, allow individuals and business activists to resolve their disputes peacefully. In the current study, online mediation has been studied In terms of  "concept and characteristics", "advantages", "disadvantages", "process", "resolvable disputes", "enforcement of outcome" and "existing strategies for progress",  so that by clarifying the different legal aspects of this dispute resolution method, individuals can decide whether it is appropriate to use this dispute resolution method or not. Finally, the present article has reached the conclusion that due to the emergence of various technologies, in most disputes, online mediation can be exploited. At the same time, the lack of enforceability of online mediation results in most cases and the lack of guarantee for non- disclosure of confidential information in the dispute resolution process are the main problems of this method that can be solved by enacting comprehensive rules and training mediators.

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Private Law
Volume 19, Issue 1
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April 2022
Pages 93-122

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