Our Costs

Family Mediation

 

The MIAM - Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting is charged at £100 for each separate assessment meeting and £100 each if you choose a joint MIAM meeting.

 

Thereafter the fees for each mediation session are:

 

£150 per hour each, you each pay the cost per hour.

 

Each mediation session generally lasts 1 ½ hours in property and finance cases so you each pay £225 for 1 ½ hours. Child arrangements sessions are often shorter, and you each pay for the costs of each session so 1 hour costs £150 each.

 

The process can take 2 or 3 sessions or more.

 

During property and finance mediation the aim is to complete two documents -  the Open Financial Statement and the Memorandum of Understanding. You will each pay for the drafting of each of these documents. The charge for these documents is the agreed hourly rate for the mediation sessions, it can take between 2hrs and 5hrs to draft each document depending on the complexity of your case.

 

Depending on the nature of the family mediation there may be an increase in fees if your case needs to be co-mediated or the issues are particularly complex. We would discuss this at the MIAM.

 

Commercial Mediation 

 

Generally the fees are:

 

Claims under £25,000 – are charged at £250 per party for 2 hours mediation plus £200 per party for the initial telephone attendance on each party and up to 2 hours pre-mediation reading. Every additional hour of mediation after 2 hours will be charged at £125 per party.

 

Claims between £25,000 - £50,000 - are charged at £300 per party for 2 hours mediation plus £300 per party for the initial telephone attendance on each party and up to 2 hours pre-mediation reading. Every additional hour of mediation after 2 hours will be charged at £150 per party.

 

Claims between £50,000 - £100,000 - are charged at £800 per party for 4 hours mediation plus £400 per party for the initial telephone attendance on each party and up to 2 hours pre-mediation reading. Every additional hour of mediation after 4 hours will be charged at £200 per party. 

 

Claims between £100,000 - £250,000 - are charged at £2,000 + VAT per party for an 8 hour mediation plus £500 per party for the initial telephone attendance on each party and up to 2 hours pre-mediation reading. Every additional hour of mediation after 8 hours will be charged at £250 per party.

 

Claims over £250,000 – charges would need to be negotiated.

 

Depending on the nature of the family or commercial mediation there may be an alteration in fees if your case needs to be co-mediated; or the issues are particularly complex; and/or require more than a days mediation.

 

Payment is taken from each party one week before the appointed mediation day.