Mediation Services
People deserve a better way of settling arguments than battling it out in the courts.
If you’re involved in any dispute – whether it stems from a family conflict such as divorce or separation, a workplace situation, or civil/commercial claim – mediation is a simpler and less expensive solution.
We’re the experts throughout the UK for this fast-growing alternative to the traditional solicitor route. Committed to making mediation accessible to individuals and businesses across the UK, we offer online mediation services to help you resolve conflicts from the comfort of your own location.
By seeing the whole picture – not just one side or the other – our mediation services work to resolve disputes quickly and keep costs to a minimum. Contact us today to schedule a mediation session or to learn more about our services.
Our mediation services
Explore our full range of mediation services. Our mediators offer support online and throughout the UK for a variety of family, couples and business disputes – helping those in conflict sort out their dispute and move forward in life.
Family mediation
Sort out your disputes with our professional family mediation services. We help you resolve separation and divorce settlements, child arrangements, financial agreements and other family matters.
Children mediation
Give your children the best start in life following your separation with a solution that works for all the family. Our child and parenting mediation experts help you with child custody, childcare arrangements, and other matters. We also have expert Child Inclusive Mediators who have been specially trained to talk to your children as part of the mediation process. Move forwards with the help of our mediators.
Property and finance mediation
Sort out property and financial disputes with the help of our professional mediators. We help resolve disputes between separating and divorcing couples who want to find a fair and workable solution to all the property and financial issues. Move on with our mediation experts.
Civil and commercial mediation
Solve commercial disputes the cost effective way with professional mediation services. Our mediators work with people and businesses in dispute, resolving your differences through negotiation. Settle your commercial disputes with expert mediation.
Workplace mediation
Settle workplace disputes with the help of expert mediators. We help with disputes between employees, issues arising from grievance or disciplinary proceedings, unfair treatment including harassment and bullying, payment issues and more. Get started with workplace mediation.
Wills, Probate and Inheritance mediation
Disputes following the death of a loved one can be particularly upsetting. Our mediators can help you navigate and resolve these issues in a sensitive and cost effective manner. Start the process of wills, probate and inheritance mediation.
Online mediation
Our experts help you settle your diputes online. We offer online mediation services to help you solve your differences virtually and settle disputes from the comfort of your own home. Ideal for situations where face-to-face communication is contentious.
Why choose mediation?
At Mediation First, we understand that resolving conflicts can be a challenging and stressful experience. Unlike the adversarial nature of court proceedings, mediation offers a compassionate and client-centred approcach to dispute resolution.
This makes it the preferred choice for a number of reasons. Mediation is:
- Cost-effective: save significant time and money by choosing mediation, avoiding the financial toll of court fees.
- Private and confidential: your privacy is safeguarded in mediation, ensuring sensitive matters stay private.
- Client-centred: mediation focuses on helping youunderstand your options and find mutually agreeable solutions.
- Cooperative: mediation fosters understanding and cooperation, preserving valuable personal and professional relationships that court battles often strain.
How does family mediation work?
Mediation is a confidential process that gives parties control over the outcome. Mediators might provide participants with information about what the law says in particular circumstance or options available to parties, but they do so from a neutral perspective with no interest in the outcome of the dispute and cannot impose a solution.
In civil commercial mediation, offers can be made without influencing what happens if the dispute is eventually resolved in court (known as offers made ‘without prejudice’) which can enable participants to try to reach a settlement without compromising their position.
In workplace and community, mediation going formal or legal processes are put on hold. Parties can return to these if the mediation doesn’t work although they cannot use information revealed in the mediation.
Our methods to mediation are tried and tested.
Contact our mediators
Start by getting in touch with our mediators to arrange your mediation information and assessment meeting (MIAM). We’ll assess how mediation could help you solve your dispute and inform you of the next steps. We can also assess if you might be eligible for legal aid or help with your fees through the Ministry of Justice’s mediation voucher scheme.
Write to the other party
If you decide mediation is worth trying, we’ll need consent from the other party to take part in joint mediation sessions. We can help advise on the best way to approach this when writing to the other party. Once both parties have agreed to proceed, we’ll arrange a joint mediation session at a date that works for you.
Joint mediation session
Before your mediation session can begin, you’ll both sign an Agreement to Mediate document. During the session, your family mediator will assist you in sharing your concerns, options and solutions – gathering the right information to help you come to a mutually acceptable way forward. Most sessions are carried out online, providing full convenience for you to mediate from the comfort of your home.
Find solutions
Our aim is to help you resolve your disputes and find the best possible resolution to your issues. We listen to both sides of the story, addressing the issues at hand instead of attributing blame. Our mediators keep the discussion moving forward, encouraging practical conversations with effective outcomes.
To conclude the process, we draft summary documentation to provide you and your former partner with clear and easily understandable points. Our focus is on ensuring that your arrangements made in mediation are comprehensive, leaving no room for confusion between you and the other party.
Get started with family mediation
Settle your disputes cost and time effective way with family mediation. To get started or find out more, get in touch via phone, email our contact form.
Turn arguments into agreements
Our mediators not only help you find a workable solution, they also help you make it legally fair and binding. We provide you with the relevant family law information to guide you through what can be a very unfamiliar process. Understand your issues through the eyes of the law so that you can ensure an achievable outcome and move on.
Move forward with mediation
We are passionate about helping you settle disputes without having to battle it out in the courts.
Get started with professional mediation today. Simply get in touch with our friendly team, who are happy to help you resolve your issues and move forward.
Speak to us on 02071013142 or email us at clerk@expertdirectbarristers.com Or, use our handy contact form via our website.
