26 September 2014
Fault lines in family mediation
The Family Mediation Task Force Report published in June was flawed, not least because it was produced by a committee with barely any full-time family mediators on it, writes Graham Lyons, consultant at Family First Mediation Service, in an open letter to justice minister Simon Hughes MP in NLJ this week.
Lyons says the report omitted to recommend increasing awareness among GPs, health personnel and housing departments, while its recommendation for a free first session is “flawed” because clients seldom negotiate at that stage.
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