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In family arbitration, our solicitors can help you and your former partner agree a final, legally binding divorce without the need to go to court. Arbitration covers all the necessary elements of a divorce, including finances, property, financial support and the arrangements for children, with agreement reached through discussion and with advice from your arbitrators.
Arbitration protects your privacy. Because the courts aren’t involved everything stays between you, your partner and your solicitors. It keeps you in control of deadlines, timings and the people you deal with. It’s also generally cheaper and faster than going through the courts.
Our family team is highly experienced. We approach arbitration with care and neutrality, helping both parties feel heard while prioritising children’s welfare.
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Tees is a top-tier Legal 500 firm offering comprehensive family law services, including arbitration, divorce mediation, court representation, and prenuptial/postnuptial agreements. We serve a wide range of clients, from high-net-worth individuals to those with simpler needs, with expertise in the agricultural sector.
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The Tees family team are hugely experienced and great at everything they do. They are very professional, caring and responsive when working together on cases. They will pick up the phone to discuss a problem rather than write letters, which is invariably helpful.
Our family lawyers can help you achieve the following through arbitration:
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Arbitration is a way of resolving dispute – whether in relation to finances or arrangements for children. An independent arbitrator (like a judge) is appointed jointly by the parties to adjudicate on the points in dispute. The arbitrator’s decision/adjudication is called an ‘award’, which will be binding on the parties.
Once parties have agreed to enter into arbitration, the first step will be to agree an arbitrator. An arbitrator is a family lawyer (a specialist family law solicitor or barrister) who is qualified to sit as an arbitrator. The arbitrator will set the steps to be taken and the timetable. Both parties may have solicitors to advise them during the process and either a solicitor or a barrister to represent them at the arbitration (akin to a court hearing before the arbitrator).
Families can agree to use arbitration from the outset or even after court proceedings have started. It can be used to resolve disputes about finances and child arrangements.
