Shuttle Mediation

Category: Information

Commercial mediators will be surprised that, for us family mediators, the use of shuttle mediation in family mediation cases is a subject of, sometimes heated, debate. “Why so?” they say as that is their usual model. For all those of … Continued

Icebergs

Category: Blog

What on earth you may well ask have icebergs to do with family mediation or divorce? Well- apart from the fact that I feel obliged to think up an attention grabbing headline- they famously, lie beneath the surface as a risk … Continued

A year in the life

Category: Blog

Anne Braithwaite Mediation Chambers celebrated its first birthday on the 2nd April. There was even a party this Tuesday. The last year has been a momentous one in the world of family law, latterly with public funding (legal aid) effectively … Continued

Ethics

Category: Blog

Reading the information section of the form FM1- not because I am an inherently sad person, but because there is a new version of the FM1out this week with a lot of changes- I started thinking a lot about one section. … Continued

Mixing it up

Category: Blog

Family mediation outcomes have to be reported by mediation services with a public funding contract in stark black and white terms, either as a success or a failure. The sole criterion for success there is whether the clients achieved agreed … Continued