Resources to help with mediation and alternative resolution support in the West Midlands & Warwickshire
Resources including guidance on mediation and non-court resolution (also known as alternative resolution) following family relationship breakdown.
Mediation
Resources for mediating family separation and divorce.
Collaborative Law
Collaborative Law information as an alternative to court.
Arbitration
Family Arbitration is a form of private dispute resolution
Early Neutral Evaluation
Early Neutral Evaluations (ENEs) can help reach a settlement.
Resources to help with mediation in the West Midlands & Warwickshire
Resources on mediation as a form of non-court resolution (also known as alternative resolution) following family relationship breakdown.
Family mediation (Advicenow)
Understand how family mediation could help you if you have or are separating or divorcing and are struggling to agree on what is going to happen to your home, money, children or other family issues. It doesn’t matter if you were married, in a civil partnership, living together, or never did any of these things.
Find your local mediator (Family Mediation Council)
You can search the FMC Register for a family mediator who practises near you, either by keying in your postcode or by entering the name of the family mediator.
Understanding Family Mediation (MoJ video)
Family mediation can be a quicker, cheaper and less stressful way to move forward if you’ve decided to separate from your partner. A professional mediator will help you & your ex come to an agreement around things like child arrangements and financial issues. Watch the video to find out more.
Resources to help with a Collaborative Law approach in the West Midlands & Warwickshire
Under the collaborative process, each person appoints their own collaboratively trained lawyer and you and your respective lawyers all meet together to work things out face to face. Both of you will have your lawyer by your side throughout the process and so you will have their support and legal advice as you go.
The collaborative process (Resolution)
The collaborative process helps you and your ex reach agreement more quickly than court and with the support of a multi disciplinary team.
Besides your lawyer, you will have the opportunity to work with an independent financial adviser, a family consultant, a child specialist or an accountant, who will provide you with specialist help regarding financial matters and those concerning children, parenting, communication and emotional support if and when you need it. All these professionals will collectively make up your collaborative team.
You and your team sign an agreement that commits you to trying to resolve the issues without going to court and prevents them from representing you in court if the collaborative process breaks down. This means that everyone is absolutely committed to finding the best solutions by agreement, rather than through court proceedings.
Resources to help with Arbitration in the West Midlands & Warwickshire
Family arbitration is a form of private dispute resolution in which you and your ex-partner appoint a fair and impartial family arbitrator to resolve your dispute.
Guide to Family Arbitration (IFLA)
Family arbitration is an ideal approach for people who want to resolve a family dispute without the delay and expense of the court process. It allows you and your ex-partner to engage in a flexible process, with complete confidentiality, and the knowledge that a decision will be made.
Resources to help with Early Neutral Evaluation in the West Midlands & Warwickshire
Early Neutral Evaluations (“ENEs”) in children and finance cases allow parties to settle with the assistance of an experienced specialist barrister appointed jointly as an evaluator, who will give their opinion on the merits and weaknesses of your case. The evaluator will guide parties toward a settlement.
Early Neutral Evaluation (4PB)
ENEs are usually carried out at an early stage of a case. The evaluator will produce an objective evaluation of the case based on an agreed set of facts and documents both parties wish to submit. This assessment can be delivered through a report or meeting with you. It is important to remember that while the assessment is not binding, if both parties agree with the evaluation, your litigation can consensually end on terms that both parties wish to accept.
4PB has a distinguished history as a leading set of specialist family law barristers, and chambers, in London providing practical, expert legal advice, and including effective and assured advocacy, in all practice areas of family law.
Supporting separated families
The Supporting Separated Families Alliance West Midlands is part of a national movement to bring together organisations, Family Courts, Local Government, and professionals to support parents and children going through family separation.