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Will I need a solicitor?
June 3rd, 2010Tags: Agreement, Co-habitees, Consent Order, Deed of separation, Divorce, divorce petition, legal advice, Legal costs, legal-aid, Mediation, Public Funding, separation, Solicitor
Posted in FAQs About Mediation | | No Comments »Some clients come to us, already having seen a solicitor and may have been referred to mediation by them. Solicitors should always discuss the possibility of mediation with all their clients and anyone applying to a solicitor for Public Funding (formerly Legal Aid) for a divorce must be referred to try mediation first. Other clients [...]
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Does mediation actually work
June 3rd, 2010Tags: Agreement, benefits, decisions, Divorce, family, issues, Mediator, separation, solutions
Posted in FAQs About Mediation | | No Comments »Yes! The vast majority of our clients reach agreement, with most of these reaching full agreements on all the issues they wanted to discuss. Divorce or separation is never easy, but Headway Mediation can really help you to make it easier. Each couple or family situation is different. We never forget that you are the [...]
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Charlotte and David – A divorced couple who wished to discuss child arrangements.
May 27th, 2010After a 10 year marriage, followed by two years of separation, Charlotte and David came to mediation having, 6 months previously, been through a prolonged, bitter and expensive court battle to resolve their financial dispute. They had two children, Ben, 6, and Jack, 10 who lived with Charlotte and her new partner. David’s contact with [...]
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Chris and Jane – A married couple who wished to discuss all issues (property, finances and children).
May 27th, 2010Tags: Children, children issues, co-parenting, conflict, court proceedings, decisions, Divorce, expensive, family dynamics, family home, finances, financial information, Mediation, Mediator, Option Document, outcome, parents, pension, relationship, savings, separation, settlement, Solicitor, solicitors, successful
Posted in Case Studies Testimonials | | No Comments »Jane (41) and Chris (43) had been married for 12 years. They have three children aged 3, 7 and 10. Jane had a career as an IT consultant but has not worked since having her first child. Chris has been a Police Officer for 18 years. Their solicitor suggested mediation as a way to avoid [...]
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Will I need a solicitor?
May 26th, 2010Tags: agreements, clients, Co-habitees, Consent Order, Court, Deed of separation, Divorce, divorce application, divorce petition, documents, Family Law Solicitors, law, legal advice, Legal costs, legal system, legal-aid, legally binding, Mediation, proposals, Public Funding, referred, separation, Solicitor
Posted in FAQs | | No Comments »Some clients come to us, already having seen a solicitor and may have been referred to mediation by them. Solicitors should always discuss the possibility of mediation with all their clients and anyone applying to a solicitor for Public Funding (formerly Legal Aid) for a divorce must be referred to try mediation first. Other clients [...]
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Does mediation actually work?
May 26th, 2010Tags: Agreement, appointment, Children, clients, couple, decisions, Divorce, family, Headway, help, issues, mutually agreed, separation, solutions
Posted in FAQs | | No Comments »Yes! The vast majority of our clients reach agreement, with most of these reaching full agreements on all the issues they wanted to discuss. Divorce or separation is never easy, but Headway Mediation can really help you to make it easier. Each couple or family situation is different. We never forget that you are the [...]
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‘Living Solo’ and ‘Parenting Apart’ Courses
May 26th, 2010Tags: after divorce, Children, course, emotional, financial issues, focus, future, legal, Living, parenting apart, parenting relationship, parents, partners, separation, social, solo
Posted in Parent and Child Services | | No Comments »Living Solo helps clients to focus on and to plan for their future after divorce or separation. The course deals with legal and financial issues and includes social and emotional needs. The aim of the course is to help clients to move on. The Parenting Apart course aims to help parents to maintain a cooperative parenting [...]
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Pam Thomas,Advisory Member & Consultant, Child and Parent Services
May 26th, 2010Tags: Cafcass, career, Children, children's department, Divorce, Family Court welfare Service, Mediator, Pam, separation, social services, social worker, support services, thomas
Posted in Meet the Team | | No Comments »Pam qualified as a social worker in 1967 and spent her working life in social services, psychiatric social work, children’s departments and probation. She has recently retired from her full time career, having spent over 20 years as a manager for the Family Court Welfare Service, the Guardian ad litem Service and Cafcass. Throughout this [...]
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What sort of situations can Headway Mediation help with?
May 26th, 2010Tags: All Issues Mediation, child arrangements, child issues, civil partnership, Co-habitees, conflict, couples, Divorce, divorcing, family, finacial matters, financial issues, future, grandparents, Headway, housing, living arrangements, living together, Mediation, not married, Parenting-plan, parents, property, resolve, same-sex couples, separation
Posted in About Mediation | | No Comments »Mediation can be used by people at any stage of divorce or separation, including by those who have recently decided to separate or divorce and those who may have done so some years ago. Mediation can be helpful for parents (before or after separation), divorcing or divorced couples, co-habitees (couples living together but not married), [...]
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