Jan 21, 2021 | Family Law
Considering a Child’s Voice in the Mediation Process. Today is Day 4 of Family Mediation Week, and the focus today is on considering a child’s voice, rights and interests in the process. From my experience as a mediator, child-inclusive mediation is an...
Jan 20, 2021 | Family Law, Sarah's Blog
The importance of co-parenting in the current crisis As a mediator and solicitor, I cannot stress to separated parents enough, how important co-parenting is especially at a time like this. We all need to work together, and it is important that separated parents put...
Jan 20, 2021 | Family Law
A Decade of the Equality Act 2010 I recently read an article in the Gazette which questioned the success of the Equality Act 2010, ten years after its implementation. The Act brought together nine pieces of discrimination legislation together into one place with the...
Jan 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
Day 2 of Family Mediation Week Today’s focus is to provide an insight into what happens in a mediation session. Some people are sceptical about what happens in a session and so the FMC have prepared a mock mediation which can be watched by clicking this link. The mock...
Jan 14, 2021 | Matthews Blog
Life as a Trainee Solicitor Hello everybody, if you are reading this, chances are you are interested in a career in law and are at some stage of University. I thought writing this blog would help anybody considering a legal career see what the day to day is really...