Mediation specialists

Family mediation is a voluntary process that provides a neutral and safe environment for separating couples to discuss and resolve issues such as finances, living arrangements, and parenting responsibilities, with the support of a mediator who facilitates communication and helps reach amicable agreements without resorting to court.

Mediation can help you find a solution. Life can be complicated, but it can be reassuring to know that there are solutions available to make a difficult situation easier to resolve.

Instead of a judge making decisions about your family, you can determine the path you want to follow by participating in family mediation. It’s a much kinder and more compassionate environment for discussing the long-term needs and emotions of you and your children than the bleak setting of a courtroom. A judge doesn’t know your children, you do. As parents, you keep control of the process and without the time delays and enforced timetable that a court process would bring. An understanding reached in mediation can be a less expensive and less stressful solution better suited to the long-term needs of you and your family.

Hybrid mediation combines traditional mediation with legal support, allowing a neutral mediator to facilitate discussions while each party's lawyer provides legal advice and ensures their client’s rights are protected, offering a cost-effective, less confrontational alternative to court.

At Belderbos Solicitors, we advocate for out-of-court solutions like hybrid mediation, which blends expert mediation with legal support to reduce costs, stress, and confrontation while ensuring legal rights are protected, fostering better communication and higher success rates in resolving family disputes.

The collaborative process allows separating couples to work together, with the support of skilled solicitors and professionals, to resolve financial or child-related issues openly and honestly without going to court, fostering agreements that benefit the entire family.

Collaborative law offers a confidential, cost-effective, and less confrontational alternative to court, allowing couples to work together with their solicitors to resolve family matters on their own terms, fostering mutual understanding, co-parenting, and tailored solutions that prioritise the needs of the family, especially children.

Early Neutral Evaluation offers separating couples an impartial assessment of their legal dispute by a neutral third party, providing valuable insights into their positions to help resolve disagreements, avoid prolonged litigation, and often achieve settlements efficiently.

Early Neutral Evaluation is a confidential, non-binding process where a neutral third party, such as a lawyer or retired judge, provides an early, unbiased assessment of a dispute to help streamline resolution, encourage settlement, and save time and resources by avoiding protracted litigation.

We offer expert guidance on mediation, a voluntary and less confrontational process that helps separating couples resolve financial and child-related issues amicably without going to court.

We provide expert support for hybrid mediation, combining traditional mediation with legal guidance to help couples resolve disputes efficiently and amicably without resorting to court.

We specialise in collaborative law, a respectful and cooperative approach that helps separating couples resolve financial and child-related matters together with the support of trained solicitors, without going to court.

We offer Early Neutral Evaluation, a confidential and impartial process where a neutral expert assesses your case early on, helping couples make informed decisions and explore settlement options without lengthy litigation.