A mediator's letter has landed on the mat inside your front door. You have no idea what it's about. Your ex has...
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...
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,...
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...
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.
The very Idea of “Lawyer Assisted Negotiation” is a Misnomer
Lawyer assisted negotiation is not described in any negotiation handbooks. I’m not surprised …
What Children Can Teach Us About Resolving Disputes
When children fall out they ask a parent to sort things out. Fast forward to when they are adults ….
Parenting problems are not usually legal disputes, so why do so many parents go to court?
Imagine a world where parents who happily lived together sent each other letters through solicitors in an attempt to decide who should take time off work if the children are ill and unable to go to school. Imagine if the same parents instructed lawyers to send letters to each other to sort out how much time their children should spend with each of them during the school holidays. Now imagine the same parents asking a judge to decide which school their children should go to? It would be crazy wouldn’t it?
Planning For Your Children’s Long Summer Holiday
It will soon be the end of the school year. With most schools closing for at least six weeks, many children with separated parents are looking forward to spending lots of time with one or both of them during the long summer break.
If you met online, and want to divorce online, why not mediate online?
If you met online, and are divorcing online, why not mediate online? It makes more sense than trying to sort things out through correspondence.
Online Family Mediation – How it Works
Have you ever wondered how online family mediation works? What do you need to be able to work with a mediator online? Find out from Anderson Mediation.
Reaching an Agreement on Financial Matters with Divorce Mediation
How does divorce mediation offer a supportive, easy to follow and flexible approach to reaching agreement?
Wall Street Journal Wrong to Present Mediation as Something Which can be Manipulated
Mediation is not about winning, it offers an unique win-win outcome. I disagree – mediation offers a unique win-win outcome. All are winners.
Explaining mediation to your clients (thought of the day)
Trying to explain mediation to someone who knows nothing about it requires a different approach. Tell a story instead, which simplifies mediation.