1 of 7 – Essential Mistakes For Lawyers to Avoid When Referring to Family Mediators
Mistakes are part of life. But wouldn't life be easier if you could avoid them? Sometimes, you can. Mistakes are often...
Mediation and The Fake Rolex Syndrome
What have mediation and Rolex watches got in common? They are both treated with suspicion by potential purchasers if...
Dispute Resolution – Are You Online With It?
You know how some things seem to be destined to end up together? Like chocolate and peanut butter, movies and popcorn,...
Freddie Starr Ate Our Mediation Clients
k, he hasn't. Freddie Starr has probably been nowhere...
What makes a good litigator?
Some people might be surprised that, as a mediator, I'd want to write about litigators. Litigation is at the other end...
What Children Can Teach us About Resolving Conflict in Divorce
My wife and I are the parents of three boys aged 16, 19 & 21. When they were younger they squabbled, of course....
The Bad Boy of Dispute Resolution. Who, me?
On Friday, I was a panel member at a conference organised by the Leicester Family Justice Board. The plenary speaker...
Family mediation: does what works, not what doesn’t
We frequently hear reports of tragedies where children have died from neglect or worse. Last week, an alcoholic...
Please Mind The Gap
There's often a big gap between mediation clients, their lawyers and their mediators. It's a gap which gives every...
What Comedy Can Teach Us About a Good Divorce
Divorce is no laughing matter. Yet if you're thinking of getting a divorce, you need to know that it shares a secret...
Why I’m Giving up Legal Practice for Mediation
From the end of September 2013, I'm giving up legal practice as a solicitor. Instead, I'm going to concentrate on...
Domestic abuse? It doesn’t happen to my clients.
"Domestic abuse is something that happens to other firms' clients not mine." "Domestic abuse is not something I really...