The paper is devoted to the implementation of mediation procedures, dispute resolution in civil procedural law. The author analyzes specifics of contractual jurisdiction, an agreement on which is possible only until the decision on the opening of proceedings in the case and which become mandatory not only for the parties but also for the court. The paper determines that when establishing the obligation for the parties to pre-trial settlement of a dispute, the main conditions and criteria for its compliance should be determined, since in their absence we will receive a different judicial practice and lack of legal guarantees.