Response for Nicola

Posted By: Suzy Miller on 07/03/2025 at 14:26

Hello Nicola

Your solicitor appears to offer unbundled pay by the hour so that’s good. If you can think of a reason to use her (perhaps for turning your final mediated agreement into a Consent Order – though I have a potential less expensive option I can share when you get to that stage) – then it’s good to know that solicitor is there in the background should you need them. But you might not.

If you work with Henry or any specialised divorce financial planner (who does long term cashflow forecasting) and then with maybe a couple of options of how to split the finances, you use mediation to cut a deal, then job done. All that happens then is you take the summary of the agreement (Memorandum of Understanding) and get that turned into legal language as a Consent Order.