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We believe that mediation fees should be transparent, and proportionate to the value in dispute. We don't charge a "booking fee". Nor for preparatory reading. Nor for "extra hours" after some arbitrary point on the mediation day. Nor for travelling time. The fee below is what you pay us. That's all*.
And since video conference mediations save us some travel and accommodation costs, it's only fair that we pass that saving on to you, so the fees in the left hand column, for online mediations, are a little less.
The UK Government's current advice with regard to the Coronavirus is that if work can be done online it should be, and in the light of the social distancing requirements that would be imposed on mediation by the Coronavirus Pandemic we would strongly recommend video conference mediation as against socially distanced face-to-face mediations on pure mediation grounds in any event. Where online video conference mediation is genuinely not possible, we will mediate face-to-face in accordance with our Coronavirus Protocol.
Amount in dispute (£) | Mediation by video conference Each party pays (plus VAT) | Face to face mediation Each party pays (plus VAT) |
| £4,999 or less | £300 | £500** |
| £5,000 to £24,999 | £500 | £750** |
| £25,000 to £49,999 | £750 | £1,000 |
| £50,000 to £249,999 | £1,000 | £1,250 |
| £250,000 to £499,999 | £1,250 | £1,500 |
| £500,000 to £999,999 | £1,500 | £2,000 |
| £1,000,000 + | £2,000 | £2,500 |
| £2,500,000 + | £2,500 | £3,000 |
| £5,000,000 + | £3,000 | £4,000 |
| Boundary Disputes**, Neighbour Disputes**, Franchise Disputes, and other disputes without a monetary value. | £1,000 | £1,500 |
The "value in dispute" will usually be the total of the claim (or the disputed part of the claim) and any counterclaim. So, if Jack claims £10,000 from Jill, and Jill has a counterclaim for £10,000 against Jack, then the value in dispute is probably £20,000. That would be the diffefrence between Jack's position and Jill's position. For the lawyers out there, if any counterlcaim is purely deployed as a set - off, then we wouldn't count the value of the counterclaim.
We do not charge anything on top of the prices above for travel costs for mediations throughout most of England. Click here to see which areas we cover without charging travel costs. We are pleased to conduct mediations elsewhere in the UK, but regret that we would need to charge for travel costs and overnight accommodation (where necessary). We hope that we will still represent the best value mediation service available - and if you live in one of those beautiful parts of the country you could always consider a video conference mediation, which is cheaper anyway!
Our fees are intended to provide a fair reflection of the value of the dispute. If there are exceptional circumstances that mean that in a particular case these fees just do not work fairly, let us know, and we’ll see if there’s anything we can do.
* You will of course also need to budget for your own travel and accommodation costs, the fees of your own advisors, and if rooms are being hired for the mediation, for your share of the cost of those rooms. Unless of course you're mediating by video conference, in which case you'll be saving those expenses too.
** Martin Plowman not available.
