Do you need help resolving a conflict? Are you looking for a law firm in Barcelona with lawyers specializing in legal mediation?
Bombí & Ripoll has expert lawyers in various branches of law, allowing us to have a comprehensive view of each case and, from that perspective, provide the best approaches and strategies to resolve the conflict. We also collaborate with professionals from other sectors who help us resolve each case: court-appointed experts, architects, psychologists, etc.
Each professional from a different sector brings a unique perspective and other valuable tools to the resolution of each case.
The Complexity of Legal Mediation and Its Importance
Criminal mediation, or legal mediation, is the most important practical aspect of restorative justice.
The Conflict Mediation Center of Catalonia receives hundreds of court referrals related to family mediation processes, as well as those related to the professional or purely social spheres. Similarly, the Catalan Government receives just as many in consumer mediation conflicts. Indeed, thousands of divorces or separations occur each year, with all the associated procedures, especially when there are minor children involved (parenting agreements, custody, child support, etc.), but only 25% result in a court ruling. This demonstrates that, in many cases, legal mediation is essential for resolving conflicts between individuals, organizations, or between one or more individuals and an institution.
The vast majority of conflicts can be resolved through mediation, with the advantages this entails in terms of time (shorter timeframes than resorting to litigation), stress levels, and the cost of legal services. Bombi & Ripoll, a law firm registered with the mediators’ registry and staffed by experienced and specifically trained professionals, can handle domestic and social conflicts, as well as those within organizations, applying the Mediala methodology to mediation processes in these cases.
Types of Conflicts
We can define conflict as an interaction between people who, for some reason, depend on each other and who perceive incompatible goals, differing opinions, and mutual interference in achieving one or more objectives. Conflicts can stem from many different causes. Furthermore, the same conflict can occur on different scales. However, we can divide them into several fairly distinct categories.
Conflicts of Interest
This occurs when, to favor one’s interests, the interests of another must be sacrificed.
Relational Conflicts
Relationship conflicts can arise even when the conditions for them are not present. In these conflicts, reality is often distorted, making them somewhat complex.
Information Conflicts
Conflicts arising from a lack of information, concealment, or irregularities in the techniques used to gather that information.
Structural Conflicts
These conflicts involve factors external to the person with whom the conflict is occurring. For example, environmental factors, a poor organizational structure, etc.
Value Conflicts
Value conflicts arising from differing beliefs that cause two parties to clash. This occurs, for example, when one person tries to impose values on another that the first person considers just or good, but the second person does not.
If we want to narrow this classification even further, human conflicts can be differentiated into two clear categories: rational conflicts (material problems) and interpersonal conflicts (emotional).
The first type, if a fair solution is reached that satisfies all parties, can be seen as a constructive conflict, which can even enrich both sides.
However, in interpersonal conflicts, this is much more complex, since it is often seen as a war to harm the opposing side, and normally, no one wins personally.
Therefore, interpersonal conflicts require a great deal of psychological expertise when dealing with them in a specific case.
How to resolve them? Through legal mediation
At Bombí & Ripoll, we believe that the most important thing in any conflict is to reach the people or parties involved to understand their exact interests, their position in the dispute, and what they hope to achieve. That is the first step. By analyzing the conflict, the people involved, and the characteristics of each case, we move on to planning and developing a specific legal mediation strategy.
Conflict Management Advice
The legal route is always the best option for resolving conflicts. Are you currently looking for expert mediation lawyers in Barcelona? At Bombí & Ripoll, we can offer you comprehensive advice and support in legal mediation.
- Alternative solution to a legal dispute
- The goal of mediation is to remove a dispute from the courts by exploring possible solutions to reach an agreement.
- A peaceful context based on dialogue; hence the importance of communication (communication strategies, persuasive skills, negotiation, empathetic treatment of the other person, etc.)
- In-court and out-of-court solutions – mediation can complement legal proceedings.
- Knowledge of legal norms is essential to know when and in what cases to use mediation.