Mediation Information and Assessment Meetings (MIAMs): when does my client need to attend one? | Practical Law

Mediation Information and Assessment Meetings (MIAMs): when does my client need to attend one? | Practical Law

This note discusses the pre-action protocol for Mediation Information and Assessment introduced in April 2011 by Practice Direction 3A of the Family Procedure Rules 2010. It examines the importance of attending the Mediation and Information Assessment Meeting (MIAM), the implications of non-attendance and also clarifies when attendance can be dispensed with.

Mediation Information and Assessment Meetings (MIAMs): when does my client need to attend one?

by Practical Law Family
Maintained • England, Wales
This note discusses the pre-action protocol for Mediation Information and Assessment introduced in April 2011 by Practice Direction 3A of the Family Procedure Rules 2010. It examines the importance of attending the Mediation and Information Assessment Meeting (MIAM), the implications of non-attendance and also clarifies when attendance can be dispensed with.
NOTE: This note is being updated to reflect the amendments to FPR 3 and PD 3A effective as of 29 April 2024. (see Legal updates, Family Procedure (Amendment no 2) Rules 2023 come into force in April 2024 and FPR Practice Direction Update: No 6 of 2023 (December 2023)).