As a mediator, I am working with more and more separating couples who have come out of the court system, into mediation, because they have experienced first-hand what it feels like to be ‘processed’ by a court system! Having spent
How do we CONNECT with our clients We want our mediators to be two things above all; Sincere Competent Why are these two aspects so important? One of the keys to an effectiveness mediation process is the quality of the relationship/connection
How can Family Mediation help parents to reach best outcomes for their children during the painful separation or divorce and remain child focussed. Sadly, thousands of people are still divorcing each year and the pain of separation or divorcing can
Communication Tips in Mediation This blog discusses four different ways in which people communicate, as described in “Law of Connection” by Michael Losier, and why it is important, for the purposes of Mediation, to understand the different types of communicators.
I have recently mediated a number of Probate disputes, some successful and others not so successful. Here are some of the tips and suggestions I would give anyone seriously about trying to reach agreement and avoid court especially where the
The aim of this guide is to help you negotiate in mediation and get what you want and need. There are two main methods of negotiating namely, positional negotiating and negotiating on the merits. These guidance notes concentrate on the
Separating couples often feel quite vulnerable and anxious at the prospect of having to disclose and discuss their financial circumstances in mediation but it makes sense that, before deciding how to share their assets and income, they need to agree
Your process options You have separated. You have a financial agreement and child arrangements to sort out. You are anxious because you don’t know anything about your legal rights, you have no one to protect your interests, you are feeling
Since inherited assets do not ‘derive from the marriage’, nore do they accumulate from joint efforts or the ‘joint venture’ of marriage, isn’t it only fair that they should escape the approach of being divided equally? Well, unfortunately, the answer
Our ‘short term self’ is often in competition with our ‘long term self’ especially when it comes to what we perceive as our needs and interests and how we communicate these in mediation. What do I mean by this? Our
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