Family Mediation Past Present and Future

Author: John Westcott
Publisher: Family Law LexisNexis
ISBN: 9780853089483
Published In: December 2004
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Examines the origins of family mediation from its beginnings as an innovative local service in Bristol in the 1970s through to its establishment as an integral part of the family justice system.

The distinguished team of contributors recount the challenges faced by those who established the first mediation service and examine the way the family justice system has adapted over the years to embrace the concept of mediation.

The work examines mediation from a number of different perspectives including the viewpoint of the mediators, the judiciary, the legal profession, as well as looking at other issues such as funding, and the historical role and development of mediation. The work concludes with an examination of the present issues facing family mediation and looks to the future of family mediation in the UK.

The Origins and Development of Family Mediation in the UK
John Westcott
Conciliation, Reconciliation and Mediation in the historical Context
Dr Stephen Cretney
The Germ and the Gem of an Idea
Professor Mervyn Murch
Family Mediation in Practice - ‘A Happy Concatenation'?
Lisa Parkinson
The Response of the Legal Profession
David Woodward
The Response from the Courts
District Judge Roger Bird
A Research Perspective
Professor Gwynn Davis
Expansion of Local Conciliation Services into a National Network and the setting of National Standards
Thelma Fisher
The Development of the Role of the Family Mediator
Kay Begg
From Service to Supplier: Funding ‘Not for Profit' Family Mediation Service
Trevor Morkham
The Future of Family Mediation
Elizabeth Walsh

General Editor

John Westcott

Contributors

Kay Begg
Roger Bird
Dr Stephen Cretney
Professor Gwynn Davis
Thelma Fisher
Trevor Morkham
Professor Mervyn Murch
Lisa Parkinson
Elizabeth Walsh
David Woodward

Foreword

The Rt Hon Baroness Hale of Richmond

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