Introduction

The introduction and development of mediation in Zambia as an alternative means of dispute resolution, was spearheaded by the judiciary with the assistance of the United States Agency for International Development, (USAID) from 1997. It involved the amendment of existing legislation to provide for mediation as one of the steps in the litigation process, training of mediators and sensitization of the legal profession on its role in the mediation process and the users of mediation on the advantages of resorting to mediation. In the recent past, with the enactment of the ...