Essex Mediation News

Happy Christmas and all the best for 2025. Christmas is a challenging time for families

17/12/2024

Co-parenting during the holidays, especially at Christmas, can be a delicatebalancing act. For separated parents, navigating traditions, schedules, and emotionsrequires […]

The Silent Pain of Separation – grieving after divorce or separation

12/11/2024

When we think of grief, we often associate it with the loss of a loved one throughdeath. However, grief is […]

Wills and Powers of Attorney

21/10/2024

When couples are separating we advise them to take financial and  legal advice. It is also important to consider reviewing […]

We do not charge for court forms( C100 and Form A)

19/08/2024

Many of of clients reach an agreement during the mediation process and there is lots of information on our helpful […]

New Court Forms and Mediation

11/06/2024

Recently if you end up in court as concerns a family dispute, you will have to explain to the court […]

Thousands of families spared from damaging courtroom conflict

29/04/2024

From the Government website More than 27,000 separating families have saved money, protected their children and avoided lengthy, combative courtroom […]

Spring Equinox. Brighter days ahead.

20/03/2024

Spring Equinox is a time for optimism. The dark and cold days of winter are behind us. Summer is coming […]

Family Mediation Week (22th to 26th January)

16/01/2024

Family Mediation Week, organised by the Family Mediation Council,  is an opportunity to raise awareness of family mediation and of […]

A child’s right to matter

21/11/2023

 The Family Solutions Group (FSG) is a multi-disciplinary group with practical experience of working with separated parents and their children […]

Court delays leave tens of thousands of children in limbo after parents split

19/09/2023

Data shows that there is an average wait of 46 weeks for cases concerning Child Arrangements to reach the family […]

MIAM Fees

17/07/2023

For the first time in over 3 years, we have increased our MIAM prices to £97 and £50 for clients […]

Mediation can stop ugly custody battles going to court

30/05/2023

‘Very few people emerge from family court proceedings emotionally, or indeed financially, unscathed. Fewer still would want to repeat the […]

Divorce rates at a 10 year high

04/04/2023

According to the Times divorce rates are at a 10 high with couples feeling the pressure of increased costs. If […]

Government Mediation Voucher Scheme

28/03/2023

The Government have extended the mediation voucher scheme until 2025 .During the last 2 year Essexmediationonline.co.uk and Londonmediationonline.co.uk have applied […]

Big delay in family courts _ Mediate

21/02/2023

From our discussions with local solicitors it taking up to 6  months in family courts to reach a first hearing […]

Judge explains his decision in plain speaking

08/02/2023

Looking a court decisions involving children, going to court can be avoided if the parents are willing to negotiate in […]

Family Mediation Week

18/01/2023

Family Mediation Week is an opportunity to raise awareness of family mediation and of the benefits it can bring to […]

New Divorce Rules and D81

13/12/2022

We have  added  links to the government’s website for clients to apply for a divorce and the link to the […]

Lock down linked to 10% surge in couples divorcing

07/11/2022

We are experienced in helping couples resolve their differences at www.essexmediationonline.co.uk and www.Londonmediationonline.co.uk .Mediation saves time money and stress https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/e08666ea-5ada-11ed-9b1f-f7c251e9dfdc?shareToken=c88f028cd9186962763dee8decbb9e27

An recent everyday financial case

08/08/2022

This is a case which had the parties negotiated in  Mediation with www.Essexmediationonline.co.uk or www.Londonmediationonline.co.uk,.  They would have a saved […]

Government Mediation Vouchers continue until March 2023

20/07/2022

Government Mediation Vouchers contribute £500 towards to cost of mediation in cases that involve children. Since April 2021 we as […]

Support through the Court donations

28/06/2022

For many years we have referred clients to Support Through the Court. They help clients complete court forms and discuss […]

Johnny Depp & Amber Heard Case!

12/05/2022

Trial by social media! The defamation case in Fairfax County, Virginia has been aired for the world to see, hear […]

New divorce laws will come into force from 6th April

28/03/2022

A new on line service will apply . This will remove the ability to make allegations about the conduct of […]

Family court ‘work at all time high ‘ says senior judge.

21/03/2022

Mediation avoids the stress  and costs of going to court. Essex mediation helped over 700 clients in 2021  2021.  Our […]

Solicitors referrals

21/02/2022

To make easier for the solicitors who work with us to refer clients to us we have added a solicitors […]

Family Mediation Week

18/01/2022

The FMC are running events this week which are available to the public. The effect of conflict on children and […]

Happy New Year 2022

01/01/2022

‘Lets make it a good one, without any fear’ Thank you to all our clients who trusted us to help […]

FMA video Family Mediation with children

08/12/2021

The FMA board have been working on developing a short video (dramatised) about the process of Family Mediation with a particular focus […]

Essex Mediation Launches new service

16/11/2021

The Mediators of Essex Mediation have launched a new service to cover the London area. Building on the success  of […]

Couple blow more than £2m on ‘nihilistic’ divorce battle. Times 30th September,21

01/11/2021

Mediation saves time, money and stress   https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/caroline-and-paul-crowther-blow-more-than-2m-on-nihilistic-divorce-battle-fq9l8mq35

CAFCASS launches Together with Children and Families Framework

11/10/2021

CAFCASS has launched its relationship-based practice framework called Together with Children and Families which sets out the importance of working […]

Government Voucher Scheme extended

13/09/2021

The FMC has informed us that the Voucher Scheme we are offering may run to the end of this year […]

The Family Hub Network

08/09/2021

We added a link to our Helpful links page . Family Hubs ensure families with children and young people aged […]

Animation to help understand family mediation

03/08/2021

Click on the title to access this great animation about mediation.

Getting it right for children

03/01/2021

Powerful little clip about the importance of getting it right for your children. Click on the title to access the […]

One-Moment Meditation – Yes this time we mean Meditate not Mediate!

09/12/2020

Parental Alienation

23/11/2020

The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) believe that 5% of children involved in divorce or separation […]

There’s more than you might think to our Mediation Services

15/09/2020

If you were to ask someone to describe what’s involved with mediation? it’s most likely they’ll explain the mediation process […]

Probate and Inheritance

13/01/2020

Resolving probate and inheritance disputes using mediation offers an effective and cost efficient alternative to traditional court based solutions.  Probate […]

Parenting together following Separation or Divorce

03/01/2020

Firstly let’s begin by saying that parenting apart is not easy, it involves communicating and compromise http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/compromise which when emotions […]

Mediation helping families resolve their differences

08/12/2016

Families left in conflict over childcare issues in the aftermath of separation or divorce are being given a helping hand […]