In family cases involving children, the law is clear-the welfare of the child is the paramount consideration. However, the adversarial UK court system that people so often use is such that even in the best run of cases, this all-important principle can
Does anyone remember the film, Annie Hall? In one scene, the screen divides into two showing Annie played by Diane Keaton and Alvie, the Woody Allen character discussing their relationship with their analysts. Alvie’s analyst asks him, “how often do you have
“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.” This very insightful sentence, written by the renowned philosopher and academic, Elie Wiesel, essentially explains why so many partnerships and marriages flounder or fail. In some instances, the split that is announced to
The Ministry of Justice recently published the Legal Aid Statistics for October to December 2015, which revealed that the number of Mediation Information and Assessment Meetings (MIAMs) have continued to decline and were down by 16% in the last quarter. MIAMs were
This is a question, among others, that The Divorce Magazine posed to Family Mediator Paul Sanford of Albert Square Mediation. Paul explained that family mediation is an informal process for those going through divorce or any other a family dispute. How does
What good is mediation? This was the question I was recently asked by a client. John[1] had separated from his wife, Jane, with whom he had three children, and divorce proceedings had started. John wanted to know how mediation would help him and
In this interview (scroll down), Family Mediator Glynne Davies, speaks of the divorce process UK and how legal aid can help those unable to afford the costs of the divorce proceedings. When wondering how to get a divorce, you may want to consider
Joan bishop has been a family mediator for the past 15 years. She herself is from a fractured family, a process she still recalls vividly to this day, when she had to give evidence at her parents divorce at the age of
It was a pleasure to attend the ‘’New Year…. …New family dispute resolution’’ evening at Farrer & Co in early January focusing on the growing client interest in non-court family dispute resolution for 2015, particularly the findings of the briefing paper ‘Mapping
When a person is going through a divorce and separation, he/she has a range of needs: emotional needs for support to manage the change and trauma, legal advice about his/her legal rights and mediation to come to an agreement about child care
We had the pleasure of interviewing Family Mediator Nevine Bentley of Facilitate Family Mediation – a family mediation service based in Farnham Surrey – on why family mediation is a great alternative divorce process. If you are about to file for divorce,
When coping with divorce, we’re sure you could do with all the free divorce advice that you could need. Here’s another question answered by Ann Corrigan of Clarity Family Law I’ve heard of family mediation. What is it and how does it
