On the 22nd of April the law concerning divorce underwent what was probably the greatest change in a generation. On that day most of the provisions of the Children and…
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In this short article we intend to expose some of the relative advantages and disadvantages of litigation and mediation in the context of civil disputes. At Hampshire Mediation we understand…
The New Zealand Ministry of Justice are shortly to cut their family courts’ involvement in divorce by up to 40%. New Zealand has set up a new mediation service to deal…
What is mediation? A good question, and one which a significant proportion of the people who ring Hampshire Mediation have some misconceptions about. Some people approach us asking us to…
The courts take an approach to divorce which is often not very helpful and doesn’t sit well with the way in which separating couples approach the issues that they are…
When people become involved in a dispute there are a number of options for resolution from which they can choose. They can litigate their dispute, or they can elect to…
It is a commonly held misconception that mediation agreements, also referred to as mediation settlements, are not legally binding. That is not the case. A mediation settlement can, if the…
There is commonly held misconception about mediation and that, like a trial, it results in winners and losers. This simply is not the case. Mediation is about finding new and…
Simon Hughes, the newly appointed Justice Minister, has put his support behind the Government’s plans to make family mediation mandatory for any couple going through the divorce process.
A commonly heard refrain from couples who are clearly in a state of conflict and in a relationship which is clearly unhappy for both of them is that they are…
