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As a Family Mediator, I am able to:
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Help you discuss your issues
in a secure, confidential and voluntary way
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Manage impartially information
sharing
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Facilitate balanced discussion
of options
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Reality test any options using
my experience in family law
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Prepare written records of the
information you have shared and any mutually acceptable
proposals:
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Mediation allows
you to keep control of the process and the
outcomes.
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Mediation promotes
open, honest, direct communication.
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Mediation usually
operates as a series of three-way meetings,
although the meetings can be initially in
separate rooms if there are reasons for
this. Usually Solicitors are not present,
but they can be. It can also sometimes be
helpful to have an Independent Financial
Adviser giving input at meetings.
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Throughout mediation,
you can take independent legal advice, and
any proposals you make are not binding until
legally formalised, usually with the help
of your Solicitor.
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As a Collaborative Lawyer, I am able
to:
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Advise you throughout your matter
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Attend a series four-way meetings
with you and the other party and their Solicitor
to discuss your issues, share information and
negotiate a settlement
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Deal with all the paperwork
and correspondence involved
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Formalise your agreement and
make it legally binding:
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Collaborative Law
is based on a commitment to resolve matters
by agreement and not to issue Court Proceedings.
It can also sometimes be helpful to have
an Independent Financial Adviser giving
input at meetings.
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Solicitor Negotiation. As a Family
Solicitor, I am able to:
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Advise you throughout your matter
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Encourage voluntary information
sharing
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Negotiate on your behalf
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Formalise your agreement and
make it legally binding:
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Solicitor Negotiation
usually takes place in letters, but can
take place face-to-face.
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Solicitor Negotiation
has no agreement to avoid Court Proceedings,
so the threat of Court Proceedings hangs
over the negotiations.
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Court Proceedings. As a Family Solicitor,
I am able to:
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Prepare and issue Court Proceedings
on your behalf
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Represent you at Court
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Advise you throughout your matter:
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The Court controls
the information sharing and timescale, steers
any negotiation and ultimately decides the
outcome for you.
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