Family mediation fees

All fees are per person unless stated. A £130 MIAM is £130 for each of you, and a £195 joint session is £195 each. The exceptions are child-inclusive mediation (£200 in total, split between parents) and C100 support (£100 per case).

No. No VAT is charged on any of our fees, so the price you see is the price you pay. Prices are per person, and anything extra, such as documents or out-of-hours sessions, is listed on this page before you book.

By fixed session, not a running meter. Joint sessions are 90 minutes at £195 per person; shuttle sessions are two hours at £290 per person. If you need longer, you book another session.

Shuttle sessions are two hours rather than 90 minutes, and the mediator works with each of you separately throughout, carrying proposals between you. The hourly basis is £145 per person rather than £130.

£150 per person for a MIAM, £225 for a 90-minute joint session and £330 for a two-hour shuttle session. An urgent MIAM out of hours stays at £160; the two don't stack.

Yes, at our South East hubs. In-person sessions are quoted case by case, depending on location, mediator availability, travel and room hire. Most families choose video, which is quicker to arrange and avoids travel.

If you cancel, reschedule or miss an appointment within 24 hours, a £30 rescheduling fee applies. There's no fee with more than 24 hours' notice, and we may waive it in a genuine emergency.

No, Ark does not hold a Legal Aid contract. The Family Mediation Council website lists mediators who do. The government voucher scheme is not means tested and can be used alongside our fees.

A typical financial mediation costs around £955 per person. Contested court proceedings with solicitors and barristers routinely cost several thousand pounds each and take far longer. Even a partial agreement in mediation usually reduces what follows.