Your Mediation Information and
Assessment Meeting (MIAM):

Helping you gain clarity on how to move forwards in separation and divorce.

Booking a MIAM with Adept Mediation

We provide affordable, fast, tailored to you MIAMs. We even offer a service providing MIAMs within 24 hours of booking (subject to Mediator availability). We will guide you every step of the way and if you need a signed MIAM court form, that's included in the cost of the MIAM.

Why Book a MIAM?

To start mediation or to make a court application regarding parenting, finances, or property matters, attending a MIAM is normally required. UK family courts are increasingly urging people to try to resolve their issues through non-court dispute resolution processes. Subject to a few specific exceptions,* if you wish to take your case to the family court, you will need to attend a MIAM first.

Our MIAM Services

Adept Mediation is pleased to be able to offer two MIAM services, depending on your needs:

• MIAM: £120 per MIAM
  Informal confidential conversation one-on-one with the Mediator, lasting 45 to 60 minutes.

• Fast MIAM: £140 per MIAM
  From booking to attending the MIAM within 24 hours (subject to Mediator availability).
  Informal confidential conversation one-on-one with the Mediator, lasting 45 to 60 minutes.

Note: Our fees include signing of the MIAM form needed for court applications (if required).
We do not provide MIAM or mediation services funded by Legal Aid.

What Does a MIAM Involve?

A MIAM is an informal confidential meeting with a Mediator to discuss your situation and to get key information about mediation and other dispute resolution processes.

The Mediator will meet with you one-on-one via Zoom (online) or in person.

The MIAM is your opportunity to talk about the issues you’d like to resolve and to get a sense of whether mediation could work for you.

The Mediator will listen to you, answer your questions, give you information, and assess whether mediation would be suitable in your case.

If your former partner attends a MIAM, they will have a separate MIAM with the Mediator.

It is standard practice for the Mediator to notify your former partner that you have attended a MIAM and to invite them to schedule their own session. If you have any reservations or concerns about this, we can discuss it at your MIAM.

After the MIAM:

Mediation is a voluntary process. After attending a MIAM, it is up to each client as to whether they would like to proceed with mediation, and up to the Mediator to assess whether mediation would be appropriate.

If both parties would like to take part in mediation, and the Mediator agrees, you can arrange your first joint session with the Mediator (see https://www.adeptmediation.com/family-mediation for more on this).

If you wish to make an application to the family court, either instead of mediation or alongside mediation, a Mediator can sign the FM1 court form to satisfy the court that you have attended a MIAM and considered mediation.

*Exemptions to the rule of attending a MIAM before issuing an application to the family court mostly apply where:

• You have attended a MIAM in the past four months

• There has been domestic abuse

• There are child protection concerns

• There is a sense of urgency

Why choose Adept Mediation?

With so much at stake, you need a mediator who can help you work through issues in a respectful and effective way.

Effective
Our objective is to help our clients reach mutually beneficial outcomes - agreements that work for both parties.

Communications Specialist
We have specialist experience in communications and have a particular interest in helping people in situations where communication has completely broken down.

Confidential
We conduct all sessions in a safe, supportive environment, as part of a confidential process.

Tailored to you
We tailor our service based on our clients' needs, to help them work through difficult issues that they cannot resolve on their own.

Adept Mediation is committed to providing services to a high professional standard for all our clients. Our mediator Clare Hayes Guymer is a member of the College of Mediators and is registered with the Family Mediation Council and the Civil Mediation Council. Clare trained with National Family Mediation (NFM), the London School of Mediation, and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb).

Get started - book a MIAM with us today

The fastest way to get started is to contact us, either by sending us your details or by arranging a free 10-minute call.

Get in touch with us via email or phone:

ch@adeptmediation.com
0772 334 5186 / 0207 866 0522

Or fill in our contact form