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Will I need a solicitor?
June 3rd, 2010Tags: Agreement, Co-habitees, Consent Order, Deed of separation, Divorce, divorce petition, legal advice, Legal costs, legal-aid, Mediation, Public Funding, separation, Solicitor
Posted in FAQs About Mediation | | No Comments »Some clients come to us, already having seen a solicitor and may have been referred to mediation by them. Solicitors should always discuss the possibility of mediation with all their clients and anyone applying to a solicitor for Public Funding (formerly Legal Aid) for a divorce must be referred to try mediation first. Other clients [...]
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What happens at the Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting?
June 3rd, 2010Tags: Family matters, FM1, Form 1, Mediation, Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting, MIAM, Public Funding
Posted in FAQs, FAQs About Mediation | | No Comments »You can attend the Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting (MIAM) either alone or with the other party. If you attend together you will each have some time alone with the mediator. You can tell the mediator about the situation which brings you to mediation. The mediator will explain how mediation could help and how the [...]
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How will I know what the costs will be?
June 3rd, 2010Tags: fees, income, Information and Assessment Meeting, legal routes, legal-aid, mediation costs, Mediator, Public Funding
Posted in FAQs, FAQs About Mediation | | No Comments »Headway aims to make mediation affordable to all clients, irrespective of income. Many of our clients are eligible for FREE mediation through public funding (Legal Aid) and for those who are not eligible, we keep our fees as low as possible and charge on a sliding scale, dependant on your individual income. See ‘Our Fees’ for [...]
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Will I need a solicitor?
May 26th, 2010Tags: agreements, clients, Co-habitees, Consent Order, Court, Deed of separation, Divorce, divorce application, divorce petition, documents, Family Law Solicitors, law, legal advice, Legal costs, legal system, legal-aid, legally binding, Mediation, proposals, Public Funding, referred, separation, Solicitor
Posted in FAQs | | No Comments »Some clients come to us, already having seen a solicitor and may have been referred to mediation by them. Solicitors should always discuss the possibility of mediation with all their clients and anyone applying to a solicitor for Public Funding (formerly Legal Aid) for a divorce must be referred to try mediation first. Other clients [...]
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