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Last year saw a 400% increase in people going to court without a lawyer to help them. Going to court can be a daunting prospect at the best of times but what if you also have to represent yourself in
Last year saw a 400% increase in people going to court without a lawyer to help them. Going to court can be a daunting prospect at the best of times but what if you also have to represent yourself in
When it comes to child maintenance there are two questions most parents want an answers to; How much do I need to pay? – The payer How much will I receive? – The recipient The new CMS (Child Maintenance Service)
The Government has ended family legal aid for family solicitors in all but a few areas of family law BUT extended legal aid for family mediation. Furthermore, if you qualify for legal aid for family mediation it is COMPLETELY FREE OF
Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting (‘MIAM’) We hope that you will find the following information helpful, concerning your first information and assessment meeting with the mediator. Please read this in conjunction with watching our mediation video series on our YouTube
Why is it that, apparently less than a quarter of cases in which a MIAM has taken place, proceed to mediation? This certainly not my experience or the experience of the Compass Resolution mediators. In fact, it is the reverse,
How can two people have such different stories to tell? She says to me;“I don’t understand what’s happened. I don’t recognise him any more. He has changed so much” He says; “I couldn’t go on living like this. For me,
Only by attempting to build a legal aid network of family mediators across the south of England, working remotely from home, have I come to realise how process driven and unsupportive the legal aid agency can be, at times. Some
Stress triggers can seriously undermine the success of mediation and any ongoing relationship. Next time your former partner or spouse’s behaviour causes your blood to boil and you can feel yourself quickly losing control do these 7 things; Take control:
Love forever means having to say you are sorry- the gender differences Generally, men and woman regard apologies from different perspectives For women, it is a way of reconnecting with someone whose feelings they have hurt. They generally regard it
As I continually busy myself creating and designing my family mediation systems and processes to meet legal aid requirements so that our 50 offices are operational by the end of next week, it increasingly occurs to me that, as important
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