A Checklist of issues for trial counsel to review with the client when considering whether to mediate commercial disputes, including the benefits and drawbacks of mediation, when and where to mediate, and the appropriate participants in the mediation. This Checklist is also useful to any parties considered or involved in mediating any civil disputes. For more information on mediation, see Practice Notes, Complex US Mediation: Key Issues and Considerations and Mediation of Employment Disputes: Key Issues and Considerations. For more information on the mediation process generally, see Mediation Toolkit.