Family Mediation voucher scheme helps 77% reach agreement
Over three quarters of family cases eligible for mediation vouchers were successfully resolved away from court, the president of the Family Division has revealed.
The government has been looking at how best to settle family disputes away from court.
Sir Andrew McFarlane, the President of the Family Division said regarding the situation with family courts being used to settle disputes: ‘Court ought to be in many of these areas the point of last resort. We should use much more alternative dispute resolution for these things.’
The Family Mediation Council distributed just over 2,000 vouchers, averaging 130 vouchers a week, where 77% of cases reached whole or partial agreement.
The Law Gazette article on the voucher scheme success can be accessed here.