SUMMARY
What are our costs?
Hourly Rate, Fixed Fee Packages and Documents.
1) Free 15 Minute Consultation with a Mediator.
2) Pre Mediation Meeting - by telephone conference / video call / online –
From - £125-£140 per person. This is a confidential one to one meeting with your mediator for that meeting and does not include any other services. During and after the meeting we will recommend services to you for consideration.
Face to Face meetings can be arranged but this does increase the cost from £25.00 per person.
Joint Mediation meeting - telephone conference / video call /
online from– £195.00 - £220.00 per person. The cost is more in the evenings and at weekends. Face to Face meetings can be arranged but the cost does increase for this by £50.00 per person.
Document Options
Please note that you do not need to pay for the documents below if you opt for one of our fixed fee options or agreements.
Advice
If matters are not agreed and you want a document of outcome in writing then the costs are as follows: People generally want something in writing which contains the proposals at mediation so they can then take independent advice. We will prepare out coming documents after mediation for you to take independent advice.
Costs
Mediation summary fees from £200.00 per person, per summary. Mediation summaries include the following:
Memorandum of understanding, which is a confidential document
(headed without prejudice) to record background information, joint proposals.
Open financial summary, which records the details of any financial disclosure undertaken in mediation.
Other mediation document costs are from £200.00 per person, per document. Other mediation documentation includes the following:
Statement of Outcome, which is a confidential document (headed without prejudice) which records joint proposals is from £200.00.
Signing Forms and other correspondence from £150.00.
We charge an additional rate for time taken discussing the above documents with you and for emails back and forth. You will be offered a fixed fee for the service you need and we will offer this to you before we carry out any work. If you accept and pay for the service we will then carry out the required work . At that stage we are not able to offer a refund should you change your mind given works have been completed as agreed.
Fixed Fee Packages
Civil Mediation
This can include matters such as if you are in dispute about property, pets or neighbour disputes. Please let us know what your dispute is about and we will provide a free initial consultation to see if we can assist you.
Civil Mediation and Agreement Package - this include your initial meeting and up to 2 joint meetings and an Agreement being prepared from £1000.00 per person
Family Separation
Option A
Mediation and Separation Agreement Package - this includes your initial meetings, up to 3 hours joint mediation sessions and Agreement.
Separation Agreement from £1500 per person.
Option B - Mediation and Divorce Application Package - this includes your initial meetings and up to 4 hours joint mediation / or information sessions to go over the paperwork
Your Divorce Application is managed by a Divorce Expert.
Cost from £2,500 per person.
Option C - Mediation, Divorce And Financial Consent Order Package - this includes your initial meetings and up to 4 hours of joint mediation and or information meetings to go over the paperwork. Your Divorce Application managed by a Divorce Expert this includes a drafted financial consent order -Cost from £3,500 per person.
Option D - Mediation, Divorce, Financial Consent Order and Legal Advice Package - this includes your initial meetings and up to 4 hours of joint mediation or communication with us to discuss matters. This also includes us arranging a conference with a specialist family law barrister so legal advice for each of you can be taken. This applies to you both as you would both have separate and independent legal advice meetings about your proposals put forward at mediation. We wB uld arrange the barristers separately and independently so their is no conflict in taking legal advice and supply each with all of the information for the meeting cost from £4,500 per person.
Agreements For Children
Option A - Mediation and a Parenting Agreement
Fixed fee includes your initial meetings and up to 2 hours joint mediation then the preparation of the Parenting Agreement. Cost from £1500 per person.
Mediation and formalising Child Arrangements
Option B - Applying for a Child Arrangements Order by consent after mediation
Fixed Fee cost - this includes your initial meetings, up to 2 hours joint mediation and the preparation of your C100 and a draft child consent order. From £1800 per person. The Application on Form C100 and a draft child consent order will be prepared by our Child Law Expert. This is sent to court and the court will then process the application. The objective of this application is to make your parenting agreement legally binding.
Defended Child Applications
1) Application to the family court for a child arrangements order. Preparing your application to the family court and sending to you for approval. From £500 - £750. Depending on the complexity of the matter.
2) The above and support and guidance / advice through the process.
Arranging a barrister to represent you at the hearing.
Cost to the first hearing: From £850 - £2500.00 cost depends on the complexity of the application. One hearing may be all that is needed so we do not go beyond this until we know more.
Urgent Applications To The Family Court
If your application is urgent then we will advise you on this.
See our page for urgent applications to court.
Urgent applications to court can be for child matters and financial matters.
Costs
We will work out a fixed fee offer for you at the start of the process and if
accepted the fee is paid in advance of the process starting.
Fixed Fees included consultation with us, preparation of documents,
and guidance / support. Third party costs of not included such as court fees
or barristers fees.
Current Family Law Court Fees:
HMCTS court fees for a divorce application – from £592.00 - the cost is usually shared.
HMCTS court fees for a financial consent order – from £53.00 - the cost is usually shared.
HMCTS Court fees for a child arrangement order – from £232.00 - the cost is usually shared.
Once we are ware of your situation we will provide more information which will be tailored to your situation. Please note that court fees or any third party fees are separate to our fees.