For a very large majority of separating families, the litigation, adversarial and court system is no longer the ideal way to make decisions on separation.

Many of the disputes during a family breakdown are interpersonal and as such, they are not necessarily best dealt with by legal determination.

Mediation creates a far less antagonistic, speedier and much less expensive route for couples and families to be able to sit down and make sensible, practical decisions about how the family home, finances and other joint interests will be divided.

By using mediation, you get to make all the decisions, about housing, finance, children and all other issues involved with your separation – instead of strangers in a court room.

The advantages of mediation are plain to see, most tellingly, by the impact this has on any children in the relationship, which are, or at least, ought to be, the most important consideration of any separating parents.