FAQs

Family Mediation is a process in which an impartial third person, the Mediator, facilitates those involved in family breakdown to make arrangements in relation to children, money, property and the practical ending of relationships following the breakdown of marriages, unmarried relationships, same sex relationships and relationships involving the wider family.

Sometimes clients do walk out of a session and when they do it is often without warning. They are free to do this at any

This does not prevent mediation from taking place successfully. It all depends on the nature of the conduct and its effect on the client(s). The

When one party has made initial contact, whether by phone or by e-mail, the mediator will usually expect to speak with the second party to

We find that around 80% of cases resolve in a way that is mutually acceptable to the parties.

We can grant legal aid to those who qualify, but only at our rooms in Sutton.

Each client has an assessment for suitability for mediation on a one-to-one basis with the Mediator If the client is willing to mediate after the

This depends to a significant extent on the clients who decide on when they will next meet and for what purpose in conjunction with the

When mediation is successfully resolved, the clients decide, with the help of any legal advisors who are consulted, what the next steps may be.

Mediators try to give clients an assessment of the likely cost as they progress through the process and the scope of the work needed to be done becomes clearer.

Solicitors can play an important role in mediation. Generally they are not present at sessions. However, clients do need advice from time to time during the mediation process.

Our Mediators are qualified to consult with children in Mediation where appropriate. Children sometimes want to be heard when their parents are not agreed about

Normally the mediation process involves just the clients and the Mediator. However mediation can involve members of a family other than a couple and even former partners or new partners may be involved.

Mediation can be started before parties at any point before, during a divorce and proceedings in relation to children and financial issues and after any court order has been made.

Inevitably there is often a certain level of distress however low it may be. It is the Mediator’s aim to take as much stress as