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there aren’t a lot of disadvantages it
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really there really are more advantages
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than disadvantages however one of the
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disadvantages is what I call
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disqualification so if for some reason
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the case fails and the parties are
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unable to reach agreement or it fails
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for some other reason one party decides
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they don’t want to do it anymore then
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you can’t use any of those Professionals
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in litigation that would ensue after if
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collaborative fails or you can’t use any
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of the uh information from any of the
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other team members that have provided
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information so it’s very similar to what
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happens in mediation you can’t have the
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mediator then be used in court you
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similarly in collaborative all the
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professionals are disqualified from uh
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being used in any way in the litigation
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which would follow the only other
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downside sometimes I see is
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scheduling because everything’s done in
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a team format in the in a in meetings uh
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face-to-face meetings and so it’s
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sometimes difficult scheduling that many
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Professionals in the parties for a
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meeting but what I like to do is at the
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very first meeting set out at least six
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meetings for the future and then if we
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don’t need them we can you know cancel
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them so that we don’t get into that
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problem of you know having difficulty in
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scheduling and and delays as a result of
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that but those are really the only two
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downsides to collaborative