Well I had fun writing this but it does have a point about avoiding the family courts and trusting more in non court dispute resolution @family-mediation.bsky.social @resolution-family.bsky.social

Here is a link to an article written for the New Law Journal on the impact that Non-Court Dispute Resolution rule changes have had on family disputes and how a private evaluation or financial dispute resolution can work. link offers non NJL subs access www.newlawjournal.co.uk/content/fami...

It was a lovely event and smoothly presented by @joshuarozenberg

That is true. Although I think one my main aims as a family lawyer is encouraging parties to move away from talking about the past and into talking about the future. It’s rare that anyone is better off after a divorce financially than before. But at least they have autonomy over their future.

Hi Jacob. I’m a family mediator. You make good points. But often in family cases there is more than just the business side of dividing finances, especially when the parties are in different places emotionally. Devoting a whole day can work sometimes but it can become exhausting and go backwards 1/2

2/2 It is best to start family mediation in shorter 2 hour sessions and the full day set aside for when all the information and figures are to hand and everyone has had the time and advice they need

In my mind, the two core requirements of mediation are a) a willingness to talk; and b) the time to do so. With family cases being extremely complex & emotionally difficult, I wonder if the standard model ought to be: “we will set aside a whole day to talk until we can resolve matters?” 2/2