Most people asking the Family Courts for an Order relating to their children or their property are required to lodge a certificate stating that they have attended a meeting with a qualified mediator and discussed the possibility of resolving their dispute by mediation.
Read MoreIf parents were prepared to spend on family mediation even a quarter of the amount they spend on legal proceedings they would transform their children’s lives. My clients frequently complain about spending a few hundred pounds on mediation and yet go on to spend thousands, sometimes tens of thousands on litigation.
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