"Mediation should be the first option for separating couples" says the Which? essential guide to Divorce & Splitting Up.

CWFM has updated and added to the CPD workshops for Family Lawyers delivered in Autumn 2005.

Feedback from the 2005 workshops was excellent and as places are limited at each workshop, to aid discussion, places should be booked as soon as possible. Click here to access more information and a booking form.

Relate has developed a new course to help cope with relationship breakdown. To read the article in the Coventry Telegraph click here.

So says Jane Cassidy, psychotherapist, in her article in Times Online - Click here to read her article

Mediation can help reduce the confict experienced by children.

CWFM has been aware of the findings of the National Audit Office for some time (See below). What is most pleasing is that the Public Accounts Committee has upheld these findings.

It is shocking that 1/3 of divorcing families have not been informed about mediation as an option to the court process.

The new Legal Aid Contract (from 1st Oct 2007) appears to incentivise solicitors to refer clients to a mediation provider at an early stage. We hope that they pick up on this quickly and give clients the opportunity to make an informed decision about using mediation.

Press articles can be found by following the links below-