In mediation you will discuss a range of ideas and options in the hope of reaching a successful outcome and set of proposals. It will be important that you and your former partner both feel safe in the knowledge that any financial options you explore and proposals you reach in mediation cannot be ‘used against …
professionals, if for no other reason than to give you the confidence to reach your own decisions in mediation.
Mediators will do their best to ensure that any legal advice and support you both receive is productive and constructive so that it does not result in undermining what you are trying to achieve in mediation.
When you choose to resolve your differences through mediation, you retain control of the time scale of your meetings. Attending Mediation is often a significantly quicker and more time efficient way of reaching agreement.
aid agency), up to a limited amount, for advising you alongside the mediation process, will be covered by the Legal Aid Agency thus resulting in substantial savings.
Mediation will only work if both you and your former partner/spouse are committed to use mediation as a positive opportunity to resolve your differences in this way.
The mediator will not place any pressure on you to choose mediation if you decide that it is not suitable for you. All the mediator will expect is honesty and openness about your views and reasons for your decisions.
This meeting offers you the opportunity to discuss with the mediator your own views about taking part in Mediation and to explain matters of importance and concern to you.
It is the mediator’s duty to form a view whether Mediation is suitable for you and your circumstances. It will also be for you to decide whether you are willing to proceed with mediation.
Please complete the client record form and a pre-mediation questionnaire you will find on the right-hand side of the webpage supporting this section.
A MIAM is a confidential meeting of about 45 mins to 1 hour in duration between you and a mediator to find out more about mediation and how this process might help you and your former partner work together in mediation to reach your own outcomes rather than leaving this to a solicitor-led and/or the …
