Getting divorced doesn’t have to mean months of solicitors’ letters and a court date. Our divorce mediation services in England help you and your ex-partner agree how to divide finances, property and parenting time directly with each other, with a trained, FMC-accredited mediator guiding every conversation.
A divorce handled entirely through solicitors and court can cost several thousand pounds and take a year or more to resolve. Mediation is typically faster and considerably cheaper, and most couples who go through it reach a full or partial agreement without ever needing a judge to decide for them.
Our divorce mediation services in England can address financial settlements — including pensions, savings, property and debt — arrangements for children, and the practical details of separating a shared life. Sessions run alongside, not instead of, the legal divorce itself, and any agreement reached can be formalised into a consent order by a solicitor once you’re both happy with it.
Every family’s situation is different, so sessions are tailored to what actually needs resolving — some couples need just one or two conversations, others need several, depending on how many issues are on the table.
Going through solicitors for every point of negotiation can be slow and expensive, particularly once both sides start from opposing positions and communication happens only through letters. Choosing divorce mediation services in England is generally faster and considerably cheaper, and because you and your ex-partner shape the agreement together in the room, outcomes tend to be more durable — a plan you built together is usually easier to stick to than one that feels imposed.
Fees are charged per session rather than by the hour for every piece of correspondence, and many clients qualify for up to £500 towards costs through the Government’s mediation voucher scheme — see our Costs page for full, transparent pricing.
Your first step with our divorce mediation services in England is an individual MIAM (Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting), followed by joint sessions either in person at our Staffordshire office or online by video call. Your mediator will help you gather and share financial disclosure, work through the options together, and record whatever you agree in a Memorandum of Understanding, ready to take to your own solicitors.
If face-to-face conversation with your ex-partner isn’t realistic — because of how things ended, or simply because it’s too soon — we also offer shuttle mediation, where your mediator moves between separate rooms, or separate video calls, to pass proposals back and forth. You can still make progress without being in the same space.
Many divorces involve decisions about children alongside the financial side. Where that’s the case, our Child Inclusive Mediation service — available alongside our divorce mediation services in England — gives them an age-appropriate way to have their views heard, without ever asking them to choose between parents.
For the wider picture beyond divorce specifically — including couples who were never married — our Family Mediation Service page covers how family law mediation works more broadly.
The required first step before joint sessions, and before most court applications.
The full family law mediation service, for divorcing and non-married couples alike.
Giving children a safe way to be heard where arrangements for them are being discussed.
The same accredited service by secure video call, wherever you're based.
Our local office in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.
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