Family Mediation Week: Understanding the Benefits and Approaches to Mediation 2023

Family Mediation Week: Understanding the Benefits and Approaches to Mediation 2023 2023

Family Mediation Week (16-20 January 2023) is quickly approaching, and it’s an important time to raise awareness about the benefits of family mediation for separating families. Mediation offers a non-confrontational and cost-effective way for families to resolve disputes, and this week is an opportunity to highlight the different approaches and tools available to support the […]

No Fault Divorce to end the blame game

Child Mediation

It was announced that the proposals for new legislation of the Separation Act 2020 will be introduced from the 6th of April 2022 to allow changes to no fault divorce procedures. This legislation will stop forcing spouses to evidence ‘unreasonable behaviour’ and allows couples to file that their marriage has ‘broken down irretrievably’. This legislation […]

effects of divorce on children

child comforting sad adult

As mediators, we must act impartially.  Although, an exception to this is that mediators have a duty of care to children. So, where their best interests are concerned, we must be on the side of children!   For this reason, we often spend time in mediation talking with parents about what the research says about how […]

co-Parenting Website – The happy co-Parent – interviews Juliet about mediation

co-Parenting Website - The happy co-Parent - interviews Juliet about mediation 2023

The Happy Co-Parent is a fantastic new website, launched in January 2021, by family lawyers and mediators at Burgess Mee Family Law. It is aimed at separated parents who are striving to improve their co-parenting relationship and/or resolve conflicts in relation to their children, for the benefit of their children. The website is a great […]