Family Legal Ltd grew out of a single family mediation business. The group as it stands today was built one brand at a time, over more than a decade.
Mediate UK came first. Moving mediation online extended that service beyond its original local area. Local mediation brands followed, then Family Law Service, then the free information and support brands. Family Legal Ltd was incorporated later, as the company that holds and supports the group.
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2011
Family mediation begins
Mediate UK and Surrey Mediation Service began providing family mediation in October 2011. Both services started with the same idea: that most separating families reach a better outcome by talking than by litigating.
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2022
National recognition for client service
The mediation service won Gold for Customer Service at the UK Business Awards in 2022, and was named Overall Winner in the same year.
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2025
Family Legal Ltd is incorporated
Family Legal Ltd was incorporated in May 2025 to act as the covering company for every brand in the group. Company number 16431127 sits behind each of those brands, and the contracts, insurance and registrations are held in one place.
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2025
London Mediation Service launches
London Mediation Service launched in July 2025 as the dedicated London arm of Mediate UK, with in person appointments at Waterloo, St Pancras and Sutton.
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2025
Best Company Culture at the BizX Awards
Mediate UK won Best Company Culture at the BizX Awards in 2025. Jess Knauf collected the award on behalf of the team.
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2025
Family Law Service launches
Family Law Service launched in November 2025, co-founded by Jess Knauf, to sit between full solicitor representation and self-representation with a published price for every piece of work.
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2026
The Divorce Circle launches
The Divorce Circle launched in January 2026 as a free support resource for the emotional side of separation, with plain English guides, free calculators and a peer community.
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2026
The specialist and support brands launch
Through 2026 Family Legal Ltd launched the specialist and support brands that now make up most of the group: MIAM UK, C100 Form, ConsentOrder.org.uk, childmaintenance.org.uk, Mediation Guide, Kids and Divorce, Maypole, From Dads to Dads, Mediation Dorset and Bristol Mediation Services.
Each brand answers one question well, rather than asking a separating family to work out which part of a large website applies to them.
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2026
Mediate UK reaches fifteen years
Mediate UK marks fifteen years of family mediation on 6 October 2026, and the group marks it with a full year of events and offers.
Where the company is going
The pattern of the last decade has been the same each time: find a part of separation that people struggle to understand or afford, and build something that addresses it. That is what the newer platforms in the portfolio are for, and it is how the group will keep growing.