Opt for mediation, people told

KUALA LUMPUR: If you could get RM10,000 in compensation from your neighbour for crashing their car into your house and an apology within a week instead of waiting out a long-drawn court case in the hopes of collecting RM200,000, would you take it?

If you could, within a few months, collect RM100,000 in compensation from your sister’s husband for the shoddy work on your roof which collapsed, instead of a 10-year wait for possibly RM800,000 through litigation, would you take the first option? And in the process prevent the souring of family ties?