Mediation

Supporting constructive discussions about living arrangements, time with each parent and important decisions for children.

Helping separating couples exchange information and explore fair arrangements for property, income, pensions and other assets.

Providing flexible formats where participants need separate rooms, legal advisers involved or additional safeguards.

Explaining the process, understanding each participant’s circumstances and assessing whether mediation is suitable.

Recording proposals reached in mediation so independent legal advice can be taken and binding orders pursued where appropriate.

Explaining arbitration, early neutral evaluation and private financial dispute resolution where mediation does not produce agreement.

Offering sessions in the format best suited to the participants and the issues to be resolved.

Our Partners take the time to understand what matters to each client and remain closely involved as work progresses. Their experience brings perspective, sound judgment and a clear sense of what may be needed next as we grow together. This continuity creates trusted relationships, keeps advice grounded in the wider context and gives clients direct access to the people responsible for guiding their most important decisions.

A relationship with us can develop as your ambitions, circumstances and priorities change, grow and evolve over the years. We bring together the right combination of legal and professional expertise from across the business, without losing the relationships and understanding already established. From our full spectrum of services for individuals and businesses alike through to our specialist services in chartered town planning, patent and trademark attorneys, tax, competition and regulatory with sector specialists across the board, you can draw on the broadest of capability while continuing to work with advisers who know what matters to you.

We believe clients shouldn't have to choose between accessibility and expertise. Our advisers are based in the communities where you live and work, providing the personal relationships and local understanding that come from being close at hand. Backed by a connected national business, you also get access to a wide range of specialist expertise.