Between July 2011 and September 2014 a team at Exeter University conducted a detailed study of the state of the most common forms of Family Dispute Resolution (FDR). FDR is…
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During the traumatic times that inevitably accompany the end of a relationship, it is very easy for the adults involved to forget that they are not alone in facing significant…
Mediation – resolving problems with the help of an impartial third party – is as old as the hills and can be traced back to the teaching of Confucius in…
We are often asked in family mediation sessions what an individual is entitled to in terms of the financial settlement, but there is no easy answer to that question. When…
A few months ago there was a fair amount of mirth around at the ‘conscious uncoupling’ that Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow were said to be undergoing. It seems that…
Hampshire Mediation is proud to announce the publication of our ebook on what individuals can expect from the mediation process. You can see the book here. We wrote this book to…
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…
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…
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…
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.
