Before I mediate, should I speak to a solicitor first? As a solicitor (albeit I’m not practising as one any longer) “no’, is my unequivocal answer.
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Peer Mediation – It Makes Perfect Sense
Peer Mediation - It Makes Perfect Sense When children fall out and argue, they rush to a grown-up for help to sort...
Separation and divorce – How can parents best help their children?
Bringing Up Britain with Mariella Fostrup BBC Radio 4 If you are in the process of separating or starting divorce...
Get Ready for Mediation Awareness Week – UK in October 2016
Mediation Awareness Week-UK (MAW) will run from Saturday 8 October until Friday 14 October inclusive. It's aim is to...
New TV Documentary to Show Real Family Mediations
The first of 3 fly-on-the-wall documentaries showing real family mediations by NFM mediators will be shown on Tuesday...
Online Mediation Given the Clear Go-Ahead by FMC
I can confirm that the Family Mediation Council board has approved a raft of updating amendments to its code of...
Love Lose Live: Divorce is a Rollercoaster by Mary Banham-Hall
Love Lose Live: Divorce is a Rollercoaster - A book review Mary Banham-Hall is an experienced lawyer and mediator....
Court is not the place for parents to sort out their children’s futures
It was a sad spectacle to see Madonna and Guy Ritchie arguing in court about where their 15 year old son Rocco should...
A Real-Life Example of a Win-Win Outcome in Mediation
You may hear mediators say that mediation allows win-win outcomes. It may sound overplayed, maybe even slightly...
Listen to Your Ex and You Might Just Avoid a War
Listen Listen, we've all read stories in the media about people who have had unhappy experiences with divorce lawyers....
Shared Parenting – What is it?
As parents, we strive to do the very best we can for our children. We want them to grow up to be happy, healthy,...
Stephen talks Family Mediation Week in the East Anglian Daily Times
Family Mediation Week in the East Anglian Daily Times We are delighted to have been featured talking about Family...
The Children Act by Ian McEwan
Reading The Children Act over the Christmas break might sound like a busman’s holiday, but Ian McEwan’s version is, as...
Anderson Mediation supports Family Mediation Week 2016
It's time to choose a better way: Anderson Mediation supports Family Mediation Week 2016 Every year, thousands of...
“Dad hates Mom. Mom hates Dad. It just makes you want to be so sad”
Children are the innocent casualties of too many family break-ups. Sometimes, the effect on them comes years later....
7 Reasons to choose mediation (and 3.5 reasons to choose court)
There are reasons to choose mediation and there are reasons to choose court. Understand them to help choose your own dispute resolution pathway.
What’s the best Christmas contact arrangement for children?
The best Christmas contact arrangement for children is one where separated parents make it a Christmas to remember for all the right reasons, not the wrong ones.
How to Refer Clients to Mediation in a Way Which Adds Value to Your Legal Practice
You're a busy lawyer. You get a phone call put through from reception. It's a new enquiry. After a few minutes it's...
Are You Willing to Offer a Fixed Price to Support Mediation Clients?
More than 50% of our clients don’t have lawyers when they start their mediation. Typically, this isn’t a problem until a mediation agreement is reached. Then, they need lawyers to help them turn their mediation agreement into a court order. They ask us who might be able to help …
Who choose our family mediation service in Ipswich?
There seems to be a widely held myth that mediation is only suitable for people who get along. It’s not. Find out more about who chooses u…