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Family Matters received more new mediation enquiries in January 2020, opening 107 cases, than it has received since 2017.   Managing director, Juliette Dalrymple, attributes the increase to a number of possible factors, including: An increase in the number of people who decide over the Christmas period that they need to separate.Recommendations by family or friends who have previously used … [Read more...]

2020 is shaping up to be a busy and fruitful year for Family Matters Mediation as it starts the year with three new trainees. Following the successful qualification of previous trainee, Dilshad – who gained full accreditation at the first attempt in December 2019 and now carries out family mediation at Crystal Law in Leicester – Juliette Dalrymple, managing director at Family Matters, is … [Read more...]

Old fashioned divorce laws that force couples to blame one another for the breakdown of their marriage will soon be a thing of the past. In the biggest change to divorce laws in around 50 years, facilitated by The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill, is now on its way as the bill made its first passage through the House of Lords on 7th January 2020 and will now make its way through … [Read more...]

It’s January and the TV adverts have moved from where you should buy your Christmas turkey, party food and nativity plays – to keep fit and holidays! ‘Holidays - already’, is the reaction from many of us, but, more often than not, separated parents simply see the summer holiday as a huge logistical challenge – and it’s never too early to plan for that.  But how do you go about it? Here, … [Read more...]