‘Working together to support you, to separate together’
Our family mediators and support team are all committed to helping you to avoid court and reach your own financial and parenting agreements, in the most effective and efficient way.
They come from a broad range of professional backgrounds including lawyers, company owners, accountants, IFAs, therapists and coaches.
We are all dedicated to working together, sharing experiences and insights to create the best family mediation service we can offer.
John E Hind LLB(Hons) FMCA CMC reg 
Director and Founder – Compass Resolution
Mediator (Family/Civil/Workplace), Lawyer (Retr’d), Mediation Practice Consultant, Divorce Coach (NLP Practitioner), Group Facilitator, Conflict Management Consultant, National skills trainer (Qualified as a Solicitor 1992, trained as a Family Mediator in 1997 and accredited in 2000, specialising in complex financial divorce and cohabitation cases, involving family businesses, pensions, tax issues and Parenting disputes)- Founded Compass Resolution Mediation and Coaching in 2010.
Author: The Divorce Manual
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Richard Phillips
Richard Phillips is an experienced Family Mediation Council Accredited mediator. He has over 33 years post qualification experience as a solicitor so he is able to provide legal information to help clients make informed decisions within the framework of the law. Richard is recommended in the Legal Directories, Chambers and the Legal 500. He mainly deals with middle to higher asset cases as well as children issues. He works voluntarily with his local CAB too so he has experience too of cases where needs are the overriding factor.
Belinda Jones
Belinda is an accredited family mediator, having initially trained and worked in family law. She is accredited to work with financial matters and also with children matters. Belinda is also a trained parenting co-ordinator and brings an awareness of the negative impact on children of an exposure to conflict between their parents. Belinda is also training as a divorce coach.
Mark Hawksbridge
Mark is a member of National Family Mediation and accredited with the Family Mediation Council. He has a background in law and mental health, and is experienced in providing mediation in a wide range of financial and child cases. He has a particular interest in mediating with families that have the challenge of a child or children with special needs, including autism, and of working inclusively with clients who have a mental health diagnosis.
Jill Ashby
Jill is an Accredited family mediator and member of Resolution. She practiced as a Family solicitor for over 25 years, specialising in Children and Financial matters with experience in complex pensions, business interests, inherited wealth and trusts. She now exclusively practices as a mediator, using her legal experience and skills to enable her clients to find the best outcomes for themselves and their families, through the mediation process.