Mediation Referrals for Attorneys and Advocates in South Africa
Refer with confidence. Your client remains yours.
We practise alternative dispute resolution exclusively. There is no litigation department to refer your client on to, no competition for the brief, and no interest in the dispute lasting a day longer than it must. MV Inc. accepts referrals from attorneys, advocates and advisors nationwide, in family, civil and commercial, Rule 41A and workplace matters.
Refer. Co-work. Prepare.
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Refer a matter for mediation
Family, commercial, Rule 41A or workplace. We convene within the court's timelines, you attend and advise throughout, and the settlement is drafted for you to make an order of court. Your client returns to you.
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Co-work a settlement
Complex commercial and succession matters where a mediator's early involvement, alongside the legal team, shapes the negotiation before positions harden — and brings valuers, forensic accountants and specialists in under one duty of confidence.
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Prepare your client — and yourself
The MV Inc Preparation Protocol, delivered privately to your client before a mediation convened by anyone. The same protocol is taught to practitioners in our training programmes and the Mediation for the Modern Attorney series.
A referral is a partnership, not a hand-over.
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No conflict, ever
We do not litigate, and we do not act for parties. A conflict check is run on every referral before we accept it.
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Court-aligned paperwork
Agreements to mediate, confidentiality undertakings, joint minutes, mediator's reports and settlement memoranda, in the form the court and your file require.
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One business day
Referrals are acknowledged within one business day, with a proposed mediator and dates. In Gauteng, we work to the Protocol's 30-day window.
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Your fee note is your own
Our fees are agreed with the parties up front and disclosed to all. We do not share fees with any attorney or advocate acting for a party in a mediation we conduct — fee-sharing is unethical, and it compromises the mediator's neutrality or the perception of it. We pay no referral commissions and expect none.
In-house training for firms and chambers
Mediation advocacy, the Rule 41A and Gauteng Protocol workflow, and the MV Inc Preparation Protocol — delivered at your offices or online, and shaped around the matters your practice actually sees.
Enquire about training →Mediation for the Modern Attorney
Practical mediation advocacy for attorneys and advocates, one hour a month on Microsoft Teams. Next: Episode 5, Family Mediation for Legal Representatives — .
See the series →A private conversation before anything else.
Tell us, in confidence, what your client is facing. We will tell you plainly whether mediation is the right route — and if it is not, who to speak to instead. Referrals are acknowledged within one business day with a proposed mediator and dates.
Malan Vermeulen Incorporated (MV Inc.)Ground Floor, Quadrum 3, 50 Constantia Boulevard,
Floracliffe, Johannesburg, 1709, South Africa
010 980 5160 · [email protected]