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Must I meet the other person when I come for mediation?
May 26th, 2010Tags: face to face, Mediation, Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting, meetings, separate, sessions, Shuttle Mediation
Posted in FAQs | | No Comments »You can attend the Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting on you own if you prefer. As mediation works best with both parties in the same room together, if, after the Information Meeting, you both then decide to start mediation, the following meetings will nearly always be joint sessions which you both attend. The mediator will [...]
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What happens in mediation?
May 26th, 2010Tags: Child Only Mediation, Children, finance, Mediation, Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting, Mediator, meetings, property, sessions
Posted in About Mediation | | No Comments »You will come to a Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting (further details in our FAQs page). After that, you will then both meet together with the mediator for a number of sessions, each lasting 1 ½ hours. The number of meetings that take place will vary depending on the matters being discussed, ranging from 2 [...]
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What are the costs and how long does it take?
May 26th, 2010Tags: affordable, charges, cost effective, Courts, eligible, expense, family mediation, income, Information and Assessment Meeting, legal routes, LSC, Marriage, mediation costs, meetings, quicker, service
Posted in About Mediation | | No Comments »Mediation is usually significantly cheaper than alternative legal routes. According to a BBC News report, “The average cost of ending a marriage through the British courts is about £13,000.” Even if courts are avoided, solicitor’s fees can mount up and often become very expensive. Headway Mediation Service has a contract with the LSC to provide FREE family Mediation [...]
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