Mediation can avoid months or years of litigation and will significantly reduce your costs, by resolving disputes more quickly and effectively. Mediation can help to: • Reduce conflict and tension by helping you both focus on the issues that need to be reduced. • Aid communication between individuals for the future as parents. • Often narrows the issues that will assist the court and enable them to deal with outstanding matters more speedily. • Allows you both to make informed decisions based on exploration and discussion of all possible options. • Consider childrens needs by shortening periods of anxiety caused by not knowing what will happen to them. • Assist you in discussions with your solicitor when seeking advice.