My wife and I are the parents of three boys aged 16, 19 & 21. When they were younger they squabbled, of course....
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The Bad Boy of Dispute Resolution. Who, me?
On Friday, I was a panel member at a conference organised by the Leicester Family Justice Board. The plenary speaker...
Family mediation: does what works, not what doesn’t
We frequently hear reports of tragedies where children have died from neglect or worse. Last week, an alcoholic...
Please Mind The Gap
There's often a big gap between mediation clients, their lawyers and their mediators. It's a gap which gives every...
What Comedy Can Teach Us About a Good Divorce
Divorce is no laughing matter. Yet if you're thinking of getting a divorce, you need to know that it shares a secret...
Why I’m Giving up Legal Practice for Mediation
From the end of September 2013, I'm giving up legal practice as a solicitor. Instead, I'm going to concentrate on...
Domestic abuse? It doesn’t happen to my clients.
"Domestic abuse is something that happens to other firms' clients not mine." "Domestic abuse is not something I really...