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Juliette DalrympleManaging DirectorFamily Matters Mediation The Ministry of Justice has announced that it will increase funding available for the Family Mediation Voucher Scheme in the year 2021/2022 to £5.4 million, more than doubling the initial investment.  This will mean that £8.7 million has been into the scheme. The scheme was devised in response to rising numbers of parent … [Read more...]

If you are going through a divorce or separation, you are probably having to make arrangements for your finances, and we know how difficult that can be.  You will likely be overwhelmed with advice from well-meaning family and friends – as well as the information you may have seen when you have been ‘Googling’ “how to deal with your finances?”. Which way will you turn? Family Matters … [Read more...]

It’s the holiday season already.  Half term is upon us, and the long school summer holiday isn’t far away.  For separated parents, the summer holiday is a huge logistical challenge, for which careful planning is often the only solution.  But how do you go about it? Here, Juliette Dalrymple, director and family and child mediator at Family Matters Mediation offers some … [Read more...]

All disputes relating to children are stressful for those involved, especially the children themselves, whether private or public proceedings.  However, despite the fact that there are more than twice as many private law applications as public law applications, very little is known about children’s views and experiences of private law proceedings and how they are affected by … [Read more...]