ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION TO COURT PROCEEDINGS. GENERAL COMMENTS ON NEGOTIATIONS AND MEDIATION IN POLISH LAW
In my article I described the general assumptions of two legal institutions, i.e. negotiation and mediation as an alternative form of dispute resolution to court proceedings. Negotiations were characterized in the current legal status with a brief historical outline. I have indicated the scope of matters in which negotiations can be used as one of the ways of concluding an agreement that are binding in the Civil Code. At the same time, I drew attention to frequent mistakes made during negotiations, which result in the transfer of a dispute to court. In turn, mediation was described on the basis of civil procedure regulations. I described the way of conducting out-of-court and court mediation. I listed the types of cases in which we can use this institution and those in which mediation has been excluded from the Act.