The Independent Newspaper: Number of family feuds over Wills rises 700 per cent
On Friday 1st February the Independent newspaper published an article stating that the number of family feuds over disputed wills that result in cases before [Read more]
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Daily Mail recommends mediation as a way to avoid costly divorce
Last Sunday in the Daily Mail’s “You” magazine, they ran a special report entitled “Decree Pricey, the Spiralling Cost of Getting Divorced”. It tells the [Read more]
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No more legal aid for divorce cases
Divorce petitioners advised to use mediation instead. Sir Nicholas Wall, the most senior family judge in England and Wales, is predicting “a substantial increase” in [Read more]
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We’ll give you one simple way to retain your divorce & litigation clients after April 2013… send them to us
The reality is that from April 2013, some of your clients may not be able to afford the cost of court proceedings. APRIL 2013; THE [Read more]
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Why a strict 3-hour time constraint delivers a 90% success rate
Like most Civil and Commercial Mediators, my early training was around the model where the parties, legal representatives and Mediators would meet at say, 9.00am [Read more]
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East Sussex County Council cut average staff dispute costs from £18,000 to £2,400
In a presentation to the Civil Mediation Council’s 2012 Conference, a spokesperson from the Human Resources department of East Sussex County Council reported on an [Read more]
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The Guardian says divorce could break the bank after legal aid changes next year
An article published in The Guardian on 14th April 2012 states that nearly all family law advice will be removed from legal aid scheme, leaving [Read more]
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Mediation – The Brave New World
From the 6th April we have been conducting Mediation Information and Assessment Meetings (MIAMS) in accordance with the new Mediation protocol. We want to share [Read more]