The phrase "mediated a settlement" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It means to facilitate or assist in reaching an agreement or resolution between two parties who are in dispute. Example: 1. The lawyer successfully mediated a settlement between the two companies, avoiding a costly and lengthy court battle. 2. The mediator played a crucial role in mediating a settlement between the union and the management, bringing an end to the month-long strike. 3. After hours of negotiation, the two countries finally agreed to a peace treaty, thanks to the efforts of the UN envoy who mediated the settlement. 4. The divorce proceedings were dragging on for months until a professional mediator stepped in and helped the couple reach a mutually agreeable settlement. 5. The teacher acted as a mediator and successfully mediated a settlement between the students who were involved in a physical altercation.
The lawmaker's office mediated a settlement with the landlord, and a judge ordered the landlord to fix Mr. Connolly's refrigerator and to make repairs.
Its disruptive activities, particularly its feud with the Ghee Hin society over the Perak tin mines, aroused the British authorities, who mediated a settlement between the two groups (see Chinese Engagement).
The ensuing war was a stalemate, but British diplomats mediated a settlement in 1827, and in 1828 a treaty was ratified creating Uruguay as a separate state and a buffer between Brazil and Argentina; the nation's strategic location also served British interests by guaranteeing that the Río de la Plata would remain an international waterway.
The talks between the union and the city are so splintered that the parties cannot agree on which agency would intervene to help mediate a settlement.
He made known his change of heart as an Organization of American States representative arrived to mediate a settlement that would allow more freedom of the press and independent elections.
At the same time, both sides are talking with a mediator, Judge Richard A. Posner, chief justice in the federal appeals court in Chicago, who is trying to mediate a settlement.
For at least 15 years, Mr. Burton has been a champion for Kashmiri causes in Congress, appealing to Presidents Bill Clinton and Obama to get more involved in attempting to mediate a settlement between India and Pakistan over the border region.
Gathered in Deng's house as they circumvented the constitution and Zhao Ziyang to impose their will, the elders convinced themselves that the students must be manipulated by foreign enemies and "black hands" operating clandestinely in Beijing - some of those who tried to mediate a settlement found themselves cast into that category and sentenced to long prison terms.
Carter served as a sort of diplomat without portfolio in various conflicts in a number of countries including Nicaragua (where he successfully promoted the return of the Miskito Indians to their homeland), Panama (where he observed and reported illegal voting procedures), and Ethiopia (where he attempted to mediate a settlement with the Eritrean People's Liberation Force).
In fact, the appointment of a fellow judge, the head of the Chicago Appeals Court, Richard Posner, to try and mediate a settlement of the Microsoft antitrust case, was entirely consistent with his approach thus far.Although it is a year since the trial opened, Judge Jackson is conscious both of the speed of technological change and of the interminable IBM case in the 1980s.
The United Nations and African political bodies have been unable to stop the attacks on civilians, despite the presence of a large United Nations peacekeeping force in Abidjan and repeated visits to the city by political leaders from across the continent seeking to mediate a settlement.
