Cape Mediation is a Supreme Judicial Court approved program sanctioned by the Massachusetts District Courts. Since 1989, we have provided quality court-based mediation to the communities of Barnstable and Nantucket Counties and supported our courts in their work to solve challenging conflicts and resolve disputes. We generally service 750 cases a year, with an overall agreement rate of 80%.
Court Based Mediation Services
Cape Mediation provides no-fee consumer issues mediation services in a Summary Process Mediation Program in Barnstable, Falmouth, and Orleans. We offer a Small Claims Mediation Program in Barnstable, Falmouth, Nantucket, and Orleans.
Examples of the types of cases we mediate:
- Auto Repairs
- Auto Sales
- Business Services
- Debt Collection
- Health Care
- Home Improvement
- Real Estate
- Landlord/Tenant Matters
Cape Mediation offers the parties the opportunity to discuss their cases in a safe, neutral, and structured way.
Cape Mediation has been providing mediation services for this court in the fields of summary process and small claims for over a decade. These services are of extraordinary value to both the court and the parties.
(Robert A Welsh II, First Justice of the Orleans District Court)