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My Lawyer Told Me I Need To Make a Court Application
The scene: mediators' consulting rooms all over England and Wales. Client: "My lawyer told me I need to make a court application. I need a signed MIAM (Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting) certificate." Mediator: "Why do you need to go to court?" Client:...
Family Courts: If Their Decisions Are Inevitable Why Go There?
Court outcomes range from unpredictable to inevitable One of the favourite hobbies of family lawyers is to discuss their court cases. And nothing makes for more excitement than when the court ‘gets it wrong’. Unsurprisingly, one lawyer or the other often thinks that...
Divorcing? What you are entitled to may come as a surprise.
Solicitors’ ping pong We see a lot of people for MIAMs (Mediation Information and Assessment Meetings) who are going through a divorce. They have often been engaging solicitors fin what seems like a game of ping pong or months and months. They’ve been living in hope...
What is elder mediation?
What is elder mediation? Elder meditation might be more common in Australia, Canada and the USA, but it would be nice if that changed. Elder mediation is a great way of helping an older citizen and their family deal with concerns or disagreements. It helps people...
Separation and divorce during the coronavirus pandemic
The spread of the deadly Covid-19 strain of coronavirus around the world is a huge concern. At best there's uncertainty and at worst, well, we simply don't know. Whilst it's going to have significant consequences, it shouldn't mean that we need to stop doing...
Christmas Arrangements for Children
How did we get to November so quickly? It's the middle of November and still no Christmas arrangements for the children. The days somehow seem to turn into weeks more quickly than the rest of the year. How is that even possible? Those good intentions you had of...
“And who is the fee-earner dealing with your matter?”
Fee earner "And who is the fee-earner dealing with your matter?" asked the managing partner of a regional law practice. Let's call him Peter to protect his identity. Raising a concern I'd been put through to him when I phoned to raise a concern. I wanted to find out...
“Do you want to look a gift horse in the mouth, or do you want to spit right in its face?” to quote his honour.
How would you feel if a judge in a family court said that to you? Put yourself in Anna’s shoes. Her marriage had ended, and she’d had to leave home and find a place to rent. Anna earned what she could, but she didn’t have enough to pay the rent, and her husband was...
Snowbound? Mediate From the Comfort of Your Home.
Being snowbound doesn't mean you can't meet with a mediator. Providing you've got a computer or tablet with a camera, a broadband wifi connection, and a place to sit in privacy, we can meet you online over video using Skype, FaceTime or Zoom. We undertook extensive...