Some Difficulties with the Concepts of Neutrality and Impartiality in Employment Mediation: Contrasted with an Ongoing Need(?) for Informed Consent to make it Fair. Posted by Paul Kirkwood, director of www.MNCRS.co.uk – Mediation, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Services. Neutral: ‘taking neither side in dispute or difference of opinions; indifferent, impartial’. Impartial: ‘not partial, unprejudiced, fair’ [1]