The importance of fatherhood doesn’t diminish after divorce
Commenting on ‘Testing Times’, a new Centre for Social Justice report about fatherhood, Jane Robey, CEO of National Family Mediation, [...]
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Proposals to boost take-up of MIAMs
Improving the take-up of Mediation Information and Assessment Meetings (MIAMs) This briefing note, outlining proposals to increase the take-up of [...]
A helping hand in the Christmas parenting puzzle
With decorations springing up in High Streets everywhere, anxiety about where children will spend Christmas and the new year is [...]
It’s time to modernise the language used in divorce
Modernising the language used in the divorce process has to figure as part of the government's proposed legal reforms, says [...]
NFM seeking to recruit PPC (south east region)
Due to expansion, National Family Mediation is looking to recruit a PPC in the South East Region to support a [...]
Family Mediation observation / practice placement opportunities
South East London Family Mediation Bureau (SELFMB) is offering observation/practice placement and co-working opportunities in London and the South East. [...]
Government consultation on divorce law reform
The government has announced its intention to reform divorce law, with the intention of ensuring a less confrontational process, and [...]
An easy win for separating families & Ministers, by using existing court powers
It won’t be difficult for the government to achieve its aim of increasing the numbers of separating families using family [...]
Family Mediation Council Chief Assessor role
The Family Mediation Council is appointing a new Chief Assessor, whose role will be to ensure the assessment of portfolios [...]
Family holidays are often bad for strained relationships
As September dawns, dispute resolution specialists across England and Wales are getting ready for an upturn in demand as disillusioned [...]
In royal circles and elsewhere, settling family disputes demands an open-minded focus on the future
In a new article, our CEO Jane Robey asks what type of relationship Thomas Markle wants with his daughter Meghan [...]
NFM recruiting family mediators in Berkshire
National Family Mediation is looking to recruit FMCA-accredited mediators to help meet increasing demand in Reading, Newbury and across Berkshire. [...]
NFM recruiting family mediators in Wearside
National Family Mediation is looking to recruit FMCA-accredited mediators to help meet increasing demand in Sunderland and the surrounding areas. [...]
Owens v Owens case spotlight illuminates need for divorce law change
Commenting on the outcome of the case of Owens v Owens, National Family Mediation CEO, Jane Robey, said: “As our [...]
Could Brexit negotiators call in mediators?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the latest of her regular 'Mediation Matters' articles for Family Law, National Family Mediation Chief Executive, Jane Robey, explores [...]
Parenting tensions rise as school summer holiday starts
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Uneasy relationships often become unworkable in long six weeks As the long school summer holiday begins, a leading family [...]
Winners, losers … and those caught in between
In the latest of her regular articles for ‘Family Law’, National Family Mediation CEO Jane Robey explains how professional family [...]
Father’s Day: An unrepeatable gift for divorcing Dads
Divorcing Dads can give themselves an unrepeatable gift this Father’s Day, says a national charity. “Taking the chance to influence [...]
