Costs

Each client will be assessed to see if they are eligible for free mediation. Devon & Exeter Mediaiton Practice does not undertake legal aid mediation and so if a client is eligible for free mediation, Adrienne will refer the client to a legal aid mediation service.

The costs will be charged as follows (please note that as from 1st April 2024 all costs will be subject to VAT):

Initial telephone call assessment - free of charge.
Information and Assessment meeting - £95 (£114 inc. of VAT)
Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting ( MIAM ) £95 (£114 inc. of VAT)
Provision of a signed court form ( C100 or Form A) following a mediation £40 (£48 inc. of VAT) or following a MIAM or assessment meeting £40 (£48 inc. of VAT)
Mediation sessions - £110.00 per person per hour (£132 inc. of VAT)

Cost will depend on the length of the session but they generally last about 1½ hours ie £165 per person per session (£198 inc. of VAT)

Paperwork - £110 per person per hour (£132 inc. of VAT)

A charge is only made for drafting letters, financial summaries, collating financial documentation or summaries of the discussions after each mediation session and the final summary documentation. For example, 45 mintues of paperwork will be charged at £82.50 each (£99 inc. of VAT). Please discuss this with Adrienne for further clarification if needed.

At the conclusion of mediation, if finances are involved you will need a summary document of all your financial information. In addition you will need a formal document known as the Memorandum of Understanding which summarises your discussions and the decisions that you reached in mediation. It is this document that your solicitor would use if you wished any decisions to be made legally binding.

Meeting children in mediation - £110 per hour shared between the parents (£132 inc. of VAT)

A typical mediation dealing with both arrangements for children and financial matters including paperwork would be approximately £800 - £1600 per person (plus VAT).

By comparison, solicitors costs incurred through negotiation or where applications are made to court can be in the region of £4000 – £20,000 per person, where all issues are discussed. In some cases they can be considerably more.

Testimonials

The mediations sessions that my husband and I received helped us enormously to discuss in an amicable way our finances going forward in our divorce and therefore reaching a settlement amicably. The sessions we received via zoom worked extremely well especially as my husband was then living abroad enabling us to carry on with the process in a manner which didn't instigate relationship tensions which both parties felt developed during negotiations with our respective solicitors.

Adrienne remained professional and sensitive to the upset and trauma that divorce can cause to either party. I felt that her mediation was clear, time efficient and with the ability to diffuse situations which at times became heated in a gentle but controlled manner.

I would most certainly have no hesitation in recommending Adrienne to anyone who unfortunately finds themselves going through a divorce. I would like to add that mediation not only saved my husband and I most certainly large solicitor fees but more than this it has enabled us to separate in an amicable way which at one time felt impossible. After 11 years of marriage this has been a gift in order to remember the good that we had together and not to be bitter because of the nature of the divorce process.

I can't fully express really just how helpful, reassuring and supportive I found working with you to be. You helped me to find a way through such difficult discussions and decisions at such a confusing and vulnerable time. Thank you so very much.

I was really pleased with it. I felt comfortable that we were going through things with a level headed, tactful guide.

I cannot think of any way to improve your service. It was especially tricky through lockdown and the fact that we were able to keep meeting in a safe, supportive and productive way was amazing.

Mediation with you exceeded my expectations. Having had several sessions with a different mediation service, I was apprehensive and actually pretty fearful of how the process would leave me feeling. You always made me feel reassured and I felt that our family was in good hands. Your calm and sensitive approach, along with your considerable expertise was invaluable and I so appreciated your honesty and objectivity. I always felt listened to and that the whole experience was impartial and balanced, with the welfare of the girls at the centre of everything. I would have been happy and confident for you to meet with the girls had we reached that point, knowing that you would be sensitive to them and their needs too.

Thank you so much for all your help and advice. I have found the experience invaluable and still often refer back to some of the things we talked about to guide my decisions and actions.

You were very helpful and approachable and fair. You kept us on track when conversations went off on a tangent & allowed us to reach a satisfactory conclusion.

I would highly recommend Adrienne Cox for any couple who is going through a divorce ( and especially where a young child is involved as was in our situation ). Adrienne is very professional, highly skilled and knowledgeable.

It has been a long road with many ups and downs between myself and my husband but Adrienne has always remained very professional, neutral and very patient. We got there in the end, thanks to Adrienne,with an amicable, healthy relationship between ourselves which is the best outcome possible for our Son and a clearer future for us all.

I was very impressed with your professional service and the way the sessions were conducted in a calm and understanding environment.

I am satisfied and convinced that I couldn't have found a more competent, professional and sympathetic mediator and mediation service than that offered by yourself and your mediation service.

Just to let you know that the consent order has now been approved, the house transferred and the decree of absolute through, so all done and dusted thanks to mediation.

I didn't know what to expect having never been through it before but was very satisfied with your service. I really didn't know where to turn but your service really helped me.

The client reported that the mediation with you was really good. You were understanding but firm and he said he thought they had all come away from mediation feeling progress had been made with them all having compromised.