Slow courts:  Family disputes turn to Mediation

Have you considered mediation?

The current coronavirus crisis and the problems that the family courts are suffering, with minimal court hearings taking place, means that reaching a solution through the court process is even slower.

Mediation does not rely on the court system to administer justice and deliver outcomes in cases. This means that finding a resolution to your family matter can still progress without having to rely on the court system.

At Lawson West Solicitors, our expert family mediator can continue to offer alternative solutions to help sort family disputes.

What do you mean – no court system?

Mediation allows couples, parents or families, to appoint a trained and qualified Mediator who will then decide what needs to be resolved and the process needed to do it.

The Mediator stays with the case from beginning to end – so no changes of judges as you have in court proceedings - and is used to working flexibly and within tight timescales.

If you have issues that really need a decision – from an experts letter through to problems over contact and the impact of the regulations about isolation, you can appoint a specialist Mediator who will be who will be able to assist you through the dispute as quickly as you like and with an outcome that meets every person’s needs.

"As the court system is struggling to cope with all types of family law cases, mediation offers an out-of-court, speedy, confidential way to get a resolution with the added bonuses of consistency - in the terms of who the mediator is - and a significant flexibility over what needs to be resolved and how it should be resolved. The agreements are often sensible solutions, as decisions are made with a lot more discussion, guided by the experienced Mediator.

Mediation is flexible too, built around your needs, at your pace, without having to wait for the court’s decision, and during the present pandemic climate, that all sounds like the better option."

 

If you want to find our more about Mediation and how it works, get in touch.

 

 

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