Mediation as a form of pre-trial resolution of disputes regarding forced alienation of property for public needs or for reasons of public necessity

Abstract

In order to fulfill the tasks of the research, an attempt was made to solve the following tasks: to find out the essence of the mediation procedure, the principles and legal bases of its implementation in public legal relations; to reveal the content of mediation as a form of pre-trial settlement of disputes regarding forced alienation of property for public needs or for reasons of public necessity.
 It was found that mediation is one of the alternative (out-of-court) ways of resolving public-law disputes, by means of which two or more parties to a dispute try to reach an agreement within the framework of a structured process with the participation of a mediator to resolve their dispute, that is, it is a procedure that is carried out outside the court consideration of a public-law dispute in the order of administrative proceedings, but is a related procedure of a court hearing and may arise and be carried out in the process of filing an administrative claim and its trial, but in the order of a conciliation procedure carried out in accordance with the procedure defined by the Law "On Mediation".
 The stages (stages) of the mediation procedure in administrative and legal disputes are highlighted: the opening of the mediation procedure; carrying out the mediation procedure; making a decision as a result of mediation, the peculiarities of the mediator's actions regarding the pre-trial review of administrative cases on forced seizure (expropriation) of property due to public necessity and for public needs are revealed.
 In order to properly regulate the procedure for the pre-trial (out-of-court) resolution of these and other categories of public-law disputes through mediation, it is advisable to: develop Standard Rules for conducting the mediation procedure; carry out a generalization and analysis of the practice of mediators in the consideration of public legal disputes; regulate the mediation procedure in a specific dispute in the mediation agreement.