Common use of Mediation as Condition Precedent to Arbitration or Litigation Clause in Contracts

Mediation as Condition Precedent to Arbitration or Litigation. Submission of a dispute under this Agreement to a Mediation procedure shall be a condition precedent to filing arbitration or litigation on any dispute exceeding the amount specified above. Failure to comply with this condition precedent shall be in contravention of the parties' express intention to implement this alternative means of dispute resolution and constitute a breach of this clause.