Staying away from court

Pioneers of non-confrontational approaches, our lawyers were among the first to qualify as mediators and arbitrators. We still lead the way in providing clients with a better way to separate. 

Mediation, arbitration, private judges, collaborative law: these are a key part of the services we offer. By using an alternative to court-led litigation, a whole variety of clients have been able to successfully, speedily and cost-effectively resolve their issues. We have recently: 

• Mediated in complex financial cases involving family businesses, pensions and multiple jurisdictions.
• Used arbitration to decide both discrete disagreements and overall financial settlements.
• Helped a couple overcome the impasse reached in their existing legal proceedings (and stem the spiralling legal costs) by mediating a final agreement which met their key aim of minimising disruption to their farming business.
• Successfully mediated an agreement after a long-running divorce where, with one spouse in declining health, it was important to the couple to resolve things quickly and be able to discuss and agree a variety of non-legal issues too.
• Mediated in cases involving disagreements over children, including getting input from the children when they are aged 10 or over. 
• Used experienced private family law judges to encourage couples to come to an agreement by giving a preliminary view on what they anticipate the court would order.

All our clients are encouraged to consider alternatives to court – whether they work outside the home or not, live in this country or abroad, are a business owner, a high-profile individual, a farmer or are parents in dispute.

www.divorce.co.uk 
Our dedicated site for divorcing couples provides a wealth of information to help support you and your family through separation and divorce. 

www.cohabitation-law.co.uk 
Our innovative site aimed at unmarried couples provides a wide range of free advice from buying a property together to dealing with separation.