If you have low levels of income and savings, then you may be entitled to Legal Aid, in which case you are eligible for free mediation. We assess your income and capital in line with the Legal Aid Agency criteria at assessment.
To find out whether or not you are entitled to legal aid you will need to provide full details of your current financial circumstances and provide documentary evidence.
You can go through a form on the .gov.uk/check-legal-aid site Legal Aid Agency to get an idea whether you might get legal aid but you will still need to provide evidence when you come to the mediation information assessment meeting. You can use this ‘Evidence Necessary for Means Assessment for Legal Aid’ checklist
To help you gather together all the evidence you will need to bring to your first mediation information assessment meeting, MIAM. If you bring all the documents you need the mediator will be able to fill in the form with you there and then.
Your eligibility for legal aid will be based on what income you have received over the last four weeks immediately before your meeting and the documents you bring to the meeting needs to evidence that. if you don’t bring the documents we may not be able to help you on that day and the meeting will only go ahead if you pay the £90 at the meeting . If it turns out you can get legal aid the £90 will be paid back to you.
This scheme is open to anyone who is mediation to conclude child matters and will cover up to two joint mediation sessions and is not dependent on your income or savings. We can apply for you provided you have not already taken up the voucher scheme previously. Please note that the voucher scheme covers the mediation sessions only and not the MIAM, paperwork or child inclusive sessions.
If you are eligible for Legal Aid, there will be no charge to you. Otherwise, payment is on a session by session basis.
Our charges cover the mediator’s time during the sessions plus associated work outside the meetings, provision of summaries of the outcome of sessions, and all administration costs, including phone calls, letters and communication with solicitors.
Couples paying privately can see a breakdown of all the charges according to their level of income in the document here
| Service- Fees are on an individual basis unless otherwise stated | Legal Aid | Private Fees |
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MIAM- initial Mediation, Information and Assessment session (This session is the mandatory session which must be carried out before mediation begins- If you have been ordered by court to attend mediation, this appointment must still go ahead) |
Free | £90 per person |
| First Joint Mediation session where One party is covered by Legal Aid. | Free | |
| Joint mediation Sessions (up to 90 Minutes) | Free | £120 per person |
| Direct Child Consultation (one session) | Free | |
| For Targeted Child Work see separate fees. | ||
| Feedback from Child Inclusive Mediation/ Consultation with summary report | Free | £195 joint fee |
For financial disclosure documents – OSFI, fees to be paid before document is produced. Once financial documents have been exchanged and OSFI has been produced, your document pack is yours to take away (or may be emailed) and is a working document
| Open Statement of Financial Information (OSFI)- collation and drafting of first draft | Free | £120 per person |
| Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) | Free | £275 Joint fee |
| Co-Parenting Plan | Free | £195 Joint fee |
| Signing Court Forms (admin fee) | Free | £40 per person |
| Discounted Full Financial Mediation package- individual assessments (2), mediation session (2), MOU and OSFI with collation of all associated paperwork. Package (AIM)(P&F) The discounted rate is based on two individual MIAM sessions. Two joint mediation sessions, joint financial disclosure and both the Open Statement of Financial Information and the Memorandum of Understanding would normally cost £1,175(587.50 each). If you wish to go ahead and agree then I will offer you a package of £765 which is a saving of 35%). This is only available if you agree and pay up front for the package. If you did not reach agreement , refunds would be given but based on the full cost of the services you have received and the balance returned if any, this being based on the individual fees and not the package costs. All documents would remain the property of Mediation for Families until fully paid. Your mediation process must be completed within four months from the initial MIAM. (See separate package conditions) fees and not the package costs. All documents would remain the property of Mediation for Families until fully paid. (See separate package conditions) ( Please note that the mediation should be completed within four months of the initial MIAMsfailure to do this will result in the need for the process to be restarted). | £765 |
| Discounted Child Only Mediation package- individual assessments (2), mediation session (2),Parenting Outcome/AgreementThe discounted rate is based on two individual MIAM sessions. Two joint mediation sessions, emailed summaries and the Parenting Outcome Statement of agreement would normally cost £855 (427.50 each). If you wish to go ahead and agree then I will offer you a package of £598.50 which is a saving of 30%). This is only available if you agree and pay up front for the package. If you did not reach agreement , refunds would be given but based on the full cost of the services you have received and the balance returned if any, this being based on the individual fees and not the package costs. All documents would remain the property of Mediation for Families until fully paid. Your mediation process must be completed within four months from the initial MIAM. (See separate package conditions) fees and not the package costs. All documents would remain the property of Mediation for Families until fully paid. (See separate package conditions) ( Please note that the mediation should be completed within four months of the initial MIAMsfailure to do this will result in the need for the process to be restarted). | £598.50 | |
| Assistance to complete C100 Child Arrangement Application | £145 | £145 |
| Assistance in completing Form A | £145 | £145 |
| Completion of Form E and collation of documentation – full service to first hearing/td> | £225 | £225 |
Financial- wo individual MIAM sessions. Two joint mediation sessions, joint financial disclosure and both the Open Statement of Financial Information and the Memorandum of Understanding would normally cost £765 joint fee- conditions apply
Child arrangements-
wo individual MIAM sessions. Two joint mediation sessions, emailed summaries and the Parenting Outcome Statement £598.50 joint fee- conditions apply
Our charges cover the mediator’s time during the sessions plus associated work outside the meetings, provision of summaries of the outcome of sessions, and all administration costs, including phone calls, letters and communication with solicitors
1. Our policy is to charge in full for missed appointments not cancelled at least 48 hours
(excluding weekends and bank holidays) before the scheduled time. These charges will be
your responsibility and billed directly to you. Please help us to serve you better by keeping
your scheduled appointment.
Late Payment.
There are no hidden costs and we do not charge extra for telephone calls/ letters or emails. We
require 48 hours to cancel appointments. Unless otherwise stated, all fees are per person). If taking
advantage of the ‘package’ rate, payment is to be made in full before your assessments take place.
Fees are settled via card payment and can be paid by invoice or by telephone by card. All major
credit/debit cards accepted. Alternatively, via
BACS Transfer- A/C 44653268 Sort- 60-83-71 Mediation for Families (Louise Carrington-Dye trading
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Specialist Child Inclusive Family Mediators – Louise Carrington-Dye is registered with the Family Mediation Council
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