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Deciding Family Law cases outside Court.

Family Law litigants learn quickly that deciding their cases in Court is expensive and slow. Rather than taking months, it can take years for a Court to decide a Family Law case. The financial costs can feel endless and the emotional toll feel unending. The solution for delayed and expensive litigation is binding Arbitration.

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Arbitration is the binding and fair resolution of a disagreement by an independent third party experienced in Family Law. The experienced third party is known as the ‘Arbitrator’. The decision of the arbitrator is binding on the parties and is therefore a genuine alternative to a Court hearing where a determination is sought.

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The arbitration process is tailored to the individual case. It could include several interim hearings followed by a final determination or a much simpler process which takes place solely based on written representations. 

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Arbitration can be used to determine the substantive issues in a case or one discrete point of dispute. It therefore lends itself well to supplementing the mediation process which can break down where the parties are stuck on one specific point. It can also be used as part of the court process to speed up resolution of an issue which may take several court hearings and considerable time to resolve.

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Other benefits include:

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• Completely private and confidential - no public reporting is possible.

• Totally flexible - hearings take place at a time, at a venue and in a format chosen by the parties.

• It is effective - unlike in Court, there is no risk of the case being taken out of the list at short notice or not reached