00.00-1.30 – Introduction
1.30-2.30 – Context for discussion.
3.00 – What is your role as a Financial Neutral?
5.15 – What is your role during the mediation preparation stage, helping and supporting the couple to collect and understand financial information and documentation and the benefits of this?
10.00 – What part do you play as a financial neutral in ensuring that the couple help the mediator put together an accurate financial summary for mediation in the most cost effective way?
10.30 – what is the NET VALUE of an asset, why is it important to understand this and how do you help the couple calculate the net value of various assets?
11.30 – What about the net value of the pensions?
13.45 – Could you have a useful part to play during the first mediation session, when the couple begin to explore their financial options as part of the so solution focused team?
16.00 – How can you help the separating couple work with other financial experts, between mediation sessions, and what kind of experts could these be-Accountants, Pension, Tax?
19.00 – How can you help the couple work together with other experts, ensuring that the whole process is joined up and cost effective?
20.30 – How important is transparency between everyone in the team problem solving process?
22.45 – What about the implementation stage. How can you help the couple work together in this final stage?
24.00 – Why is it so important for each expert to understand the purpose of the mediation team approach and their specific roles within in the team approach and process?
25.00 – How do you work within the mediation process and how are your instructed?