It is widely accepted across the legal profession and recognised by judges themselves that we worst place for a family to end up is in court. One option to avoiding court is mediation. In fact with very few exceptions it is a prerequisite to going to court in the first place. Mediation can help with both financial and children matters in order to reach a settlement without having to go to court. However this intervention can also be used to help with co-parenitng after the divorce is finalised.

In this video Peter Burgess Founding Partner at Burgess Mee Family Law and FMC Accredited mediator tells us all you need to know about mediation - how mediation works, when it can be used and what out comes you can expect.