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Lawyer-supported mediation is a "non-adversarial method of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) to resolves disputes, such as to settle family issues at a time of divorce or separation, including child support, custody issues and division of property".〔(Arbitration and Mediation Definition ) US Legal. Retrieved March 30, 2014.〕 The approach sets out to integrate the contribution of family lawyer or solicitor with that of a family mediator. Users of lawyer-supported mediation first meet their respective lawyers to take advice before jointly attending mediation sessions. Legal advice is taken between sessions to inform options being discussed at mediation. Following mediation, the lawyers are called upon to review any agreement reached and to make aspects of it made legally binding. Since neither lawyer is initially being retained as a negotiator or litigator, the cost of legal advice is typically fixed for clients choosing lawyer-supported mediation. In the event of lawyer-supported mediation failing to deliver a partial or full agreement, both parties are free to retain their respective lawyers to pursue litigation. This is not the case with collaborative law where a breakdown in roundtable negotiations requires each party to instruct a new family lawyer before proceeding with court action.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.resolution.org.uk/editorial.asp?page_id=259&fSubject_id=28&page=2 )〕 == United Kingdom == Lawyer-supported mediation is being pioneered in the United Kingdom (UK). A pilot service covering Greater London began in 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://lawyersupportedmediation.org.uk )〕 More recently, UK retail giant the Co-op launched a fixed fee legal advice service for clients choosing family mediation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.co-operative.coop/legalservices/family-and-relationships/children/mediation/ )〕 According to figures released by the UK’s Legal Services Commission, the success rate of publicly funded mediations in 2009/2010 stood at 70%.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmjust/518/518we22.htm#note112 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lawyer-supported mediation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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