MEDIATION

How Long Will Mediation Take?

This will depend upon how many issues there are to agree resolve. Each mediation session usually lasts about 1 ½ hours. Two to four sessions may be sufficient to reach an agreement. At the end of Mediation you will get a written summary of the issues that have been agreed upon. This written summary is not legally binding and the parties will be able to seek professional independent legal advice from a solicitor before accepting the agreement. Once the agreement is accepted the solicitors can prepare a written agreement which can then be made into a Court order.  

Obviously, if the parties cannot reach an agreement during mediation then they would be able to instruct solicitors to try and negotiate and failing that the decision would be made by the court.