Family Mediation Matters - Privicy Policy

Reduce Legal Costs

Legal fees do vary. Dealing with financial matters and arrangements for children through solicitors often costs many thousands of pounds depending upon the level of dispute, (typically anything from £6,000 - £20,000). These costs can be reduced dramatically by using mediation to resolve issues face to face, at the same time maintaining communication between the parties, particularly important where children are involved. See our charges page

Speed up the process

Information imparted in mediation is received by the couple simultaneously, therefore parties have the benefit of knowing each other’s positions in any dispute immediately and the added advantage of being able to inform the other person face to face, the reasons why they feel this is right for them. This feature alone can mean the whole process overall can be speeded up considerably.
It removes the time delay and costs of solicitor’s letter.

Keep you both in control

The breakdown of any relationship affects not only the two people involved but can extend to other members of the family and friends as well. This can lead to increased pressures over and above those created by the split. Mediation can provide a calming controlled environment where only the two people involved can meet and where emotions are acknowledged but controlled in such a way to ensure that progress can be made.

Better decision making

Mediation allows couples time to consider their options and gather information which could lead to more favourable alternatives. It is important enough time is spent doing this to ensure the decisions being taken are well informed and taking into account the relevant factors.

Mediation to Legal Binding

Although mediation in its self is not a legally binding process, it can form the basis of a legally binding agreement. The vehicle for transferring the information is known as a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). This will contain the results of the discussions that took place in mediation, and give a clear indication of how you see the future with regard to your finances, property and will also include arrangements for children if relevant.

Privacy Statement

General
We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of visitors to our website. Please read the following policy to understand how we use personal data.

Whenever you give us personal data, you are consenting to its collection and use in accordance with our policy. We will not share your personal information for marketing or any other purposes without your consent unless required by law.

Your security is important to us

Email guidelines
Family Mediation Matters has implemented the following guidelines for email delivery to recipients.

All emails sent to you by Family Mediation Matters will clearly identify Family Mediation Matters.
The subject line of any email sent by Family Mediation Matters will always accurately describe the subject matter of the email.

Personal data
In general, you can visit Family Mediation Matters on the Internet without telling us who you are or giving any personal information about yourself. If you forward information to us electronically or as a hard copy, we will collect that information and use it only for the purposes for which you have provided it.

Every time you connect to our website, we store a log of your visit that shows the unique number your machine uses when it is connected to the internet , namely the IP address. This tells us what your machine has looked at, whether the page request was successful or not, and which browser your machine used to view the pages. The use of this data is primarily for statistical purposes. This helps us to understand which areas of the website are of particular interest and also which pages are not being requested. It also tells us how many people are visiting the website in total. We may also use the information to block IP addresses where there is a breach of the Terms and Conditions for use of the site.

All emails sent to you by Family Mediation Matters will follow the email guidelines described above. In keeping with these guidelines, if you have requested not to receive email communication from Family Mediation Matters we will endeavour to ensure that your request is honoured. We will not disclose your personal information except where we are obliged to, or allowed to do so by law.

Links
Our website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site, and to read the privacy of other sites that collect personal data. This privacy policy applies to personal data collected by Family Mediation Matters.

Security
We endeavour to hold all personal information securely in accordance with our security procedures and English law. Unfortunately no data transmission over the Internet or any other network can be guaranteed as 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure and do not warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and this information is transmitted at your own risk.

Professional
This is the website of Family Mediation Matters, a private company, registered and operated in accordance with the College of Family Mediators and Resolution, the Solicitors Family Law Association.

Family Mediation Matters are members of the College of Family Mediators

Our mediators are trained to the highest standards

Family Mediation Matters are members of Resolution

Resolution - first for family law is the new name for the Solicitors Family Law Association.