Using a mediator is less stressful and faster than going to court. It is also much cheaper.
• Average cost of a divorce in the UK is £14,651. Mediation can massively reduce this cost for you
• Let’s you keep more control of your family’s future, and helps you put your child’s interests first.
• Mediation concentrates on resolving shared problems rather than allocating blame or examining the causes of the problems your family faces.
• Mediation focuses on the interests of children helping you to work together as parents, recognising and meeting the needs of each child together even when you are no longer a couple.
• You can improve communication and look to the future, not the past.
• Mediation usually takes place face to face so you hear the other person’s words and are able to speak directly, rather than through letters and solicitors.
• The mediation process allows couples to create a completely flexible and bespoke set of proposals, tailored to fit your family’s particular situation.
• According to the Ministry of Justice, in 2013 “nearly two thirds of couples who attended a single mediation session for a child dispute reached a full agreement. Almost seven out of every ten couples who opted for mediation reached an agreement.” (Ministry of Justice Press Release published 20 August 2014)
It focuses on fair solutions. You both stay in control of the decision-making.