Family Mediation Services
Mediation offers a calmer, quicker and lower cost alternative to court divorce proceedings, helping you make arrangements for children, money and property following separation. Whether you prefer to meet face to face or engage online, our West London-based family mediation service provide safe and structured environments where, as a separating couple, you can have difficult conversations and address conflict in a way that ensures all parties are heard; helping you reach workable decisions that are right for your family.
Find out how we can help. Book your free 15 minute call and discover how we can improve outcomes and reduce the stress of separation and divorce.
Information disclosed in mediation sessions cannot
be used as evidence in court, creating space for
open negotiations and creative solutions.
Mediation Puts You in Control
The breakdown of a long term relationship is incredibly stressful and challenging. Practical economic concerns are intertwined with complex emotions, children, pets, property and a shared history, recalibrated by the mistrust and miscommunication that can so often accompany a fracturing relationship.
Mediation offers a genuine alternative to the acrimonious, adversarial, 'winner takes all' legal approach where, ultimately, a judge decides your family's future. Instead, mediation engages and includes both parties, working with them to achieve balanced, practical outcomes through effective communication, even when there is a difference of opinion.
And, most importantly, it works. Over 70% of mediation cases result in full or partial agreement, saving money and helping to maintain the civil communication between separating partners that is so essential to co-parenting.
Because everyone is engaged in the mediation process, they are more likely to accept and feel satisfied with the outcome.
Mediation Works
For separating couples, mediation provides a proven alternative to court proceedings where the individual parties make the final decision rather than judges. This allows for creative 'win-win' solutions, increasing satisfaction with the outcome, reducing stress and preserving the communication channels that continue to be vital in family disputes. Some of the main advantages of mediation are:
COST
Mediation avoids high legal costs and court fees. In family cases, £500 vouchers may be available.
SPEED
Mediation is quicker than traditional court trials, which often involve long waits for court dates.
CONTROL
In mediation, you and your former partner make the decisions about your family; in court, the judge decides.
CONFIDENTIAL
Discussions in mediation are private and confidential, unlike public court proceedings.
SUCESS RATE
Over 70% of disputes are resolved through mediation, avoiding the need for a final hearing.
SUPPORT
The informal, supportive environment reduces the anxiety associated with legal action.
FLEXIBLITY
Creative "win-win" solutions tailored to the specific needs of the parties that legal rulings may not allow.
LEGALITY
We provide the documentation your solicitor uses to generate a legally binding consent order.
You don't have to agree in order to reach practical decisions that are right for your family
Decide if mediation is right for you.
Compile the necessary financial and property disclosure documentation including assets and liabilities, property valuations, bank statements, investments, and pensions.
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Produce a Parenting Plan covering child arrangements for a range of circumstances.​
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Negotiate all aspects of your family's life going forward including how the pets will be shared, how the extended family will continue to be part of your child/ren's life.
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Retain a workable relationship with your ex-partner by reducing stress and conflict, so that you can co-parent effectively in the future.
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Working with Us
From the initial phone call, to the first MIAM meeting detaling the process and assessing suitability, through to joint sessions where shared information and negotiated solutions are 'reality tested'; the mediation process is designed to help separating couples reach an agreement that their solicitors can convert into a legally binding court order.
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Initial
Phone Call
This preliminary free call is designed to answer any questions you may have about mediation and to help you understand how the mediation process is structured and the outcomes that can be expected.
There is no charge for this
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Joint Mediation Sessions
Conducted in person or online, these 90 minute confidential Joint Mediation Sessions identify key issues and explore resolution options.
After each session you will receive a summary with agreed action points.
This is £130 per person
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Information & Assessment
The MIAM (Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting) is a confidential one-to-one intake meeting held with each partner separately during which time the issues are outlined and the process is explained.
The cost of this is £120
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​Final Documents
OFS & MOU
Once you have a set of proposals, we provide two documents, an Open Financial Statement (OFS) and The Summary of Proposals or (MOU) Memorandum of Understanding. Your solicitor will use these to generate a legally binding consent order.​​​​
These are £150 per person, per document
Research consistently shows that family mediation produces better long-term co-parenting outcomes by reducing conflict, improving communication and generating child-focused agreements.
Client Feedback
Our Services
Whatever your circumstances and requirements, the flexibility of mediation can help you. Your mediator can bring in experts in specific fields such as a Child Inclusive Mediator, a Pensions specialist or an Early Neutral Evaluator.
Please let us know if you think you may be entitled to Legal Aid and we can arrange an assessment. If your case involves Child Arrangements, you could be entitled to a Government Voucher towards the cost of mediation.
CHILD ARRANGEMENTS
These are considered carefully, keeping the wellbeing of the child/children central to all decisions. The mediation process recognises that each family is different so the outcome is one that is the best fit for you.
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Research shows that it is conflict that is most damaging to children, not the separation of their parents. A few months in the life of busy parents is just a phase but for a child it is a significant stretch of time, it is part of their childhood, maybe a whole summer holiday.
Mediation aims to resolve Child Arrangements as a priority so that effective co-parenting can commence, even while other issues are still under discussion.
FINANCIAL SETTLEMENT
Reached in mediation, a Financial Statement can be made legally binding by a simple court procedure, bringing the cost of divorce down considerably.
Financial Settlements are often multi-layered and complex involving many interrelated elements. In mediation, you have the scope to try out various options without being held to any of them.
Once you decide that you have found the one that is right for you, the mediator will prepare Final Documents for you to take to your solicitor.
