Overview

The modern emergence of mediation in the West in the 1980s represents a profound transformation of civil disputing practice, particularly in the field of family justice. In the field of family disputes mediation has emerged to fill a gap which none of the existing services, lawyers and courts on the one hand, or welfare, advisory or therapeutic interventions on the other, could in their nature have filled. In the UK mediation is now the approved pathway in the current landscape of family dispute resolution processes, officially endorsed and publicly funded by government to provide separating and divorcing families with the opportunity to resolve their disputes co-operatively with less acrimony, delay and cost than the traditional competitive litigation and court process. The consolidation of the professional practice of family mediation reflects its progress and creativity in respect both of the expanding focus on professional quality assurance as well as on developments of policy, practice guidelines and training to address central concerns about the role of children in mediation, screening for domestic abuse, sexual orientation and gender identity as well as cross-cultural issues including the role of interpreters in the process. Other areas of innovation include the application of family mediation to a growing range of family conflict situations involving, for example, international family disputes (including cross border, relocation and child abduction issues). Written by leaders in family mediation, this title provides a contemporary account of current practice developments and research concerning family mediation across a range of issues in the UK and Ireland. This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Family Law and Mediation online services.

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Author:   Ms Marian Roberts ,  Dr Maria Federica Moscati ,  Ms Lesley Allport ,  Ms Anne Barlow
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Professional
Weight:   0.614kg
ISBN:  

9781526505415

ISBN 10:   152650541
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   18 May 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction - Marian Roberts and Maria Federica Moscati Chapter 2: Reconstruction of family mediation in a post-justice world - Rosemary Hunter and Anne Barlow Chapter 3: Development of the regulatory framework for the practice of mediation in the UK - Lesley Saunders Chapter 4: Family mediation: the Irish perspective - Sinéad Conneely and Róisín O’Shea Chapter 5: Family mediation: the Scottish perspective - Anne Hall Dick Chapter 6: Ethics and the family mediation process - Lisa Webley Chapter 7: Models, styles and third parties: a fresh look at three core concepts in family mediation - Barbara Wilson Chapter 8: The meaning of power in family mediation: new forms and functions - Marian Roberts Chapter 9: Whose truth is it anyway? An imaginative reflection on the place of truth in family mediation - Neil Robinson Chapter 10: The voice of the child in family mediation - Lesley Allport Chapter 11: Mediation in children’s cases with a cross-border element – in particular, international child abduction, leave to remove and international contact - Sandra Fenn, Anne-Marie Hutchinson and Angela Lake-Carroll Chapter 12: We have the method but still there is so much to do: mediation for gender and sexually diverse relationships - Maria Federica Moscati Chapter 13: Creative paths to practice: helping new mediators to navigate the route to artistry - Lorraine Bramwell Chapter 14: Teaching family mediation in higher education – what an academic family mediation course could look like - Katherine Stylianou Chapter 15: Exploring the scope of family mediation in England and Wales - Andrew Sims Chapter 16: Domestic abuse and family mediation: what can an experienced mediator tell us? - Tony Whatling, interviewed by the editors

Reviews

Scholarly as well as readable, it is a book which will no doubt be regarded as essential reading for lawyers as well as meditators, who should lose no time in acquiring it. * Elizabeth Robson Taylor MA of Richmond Green Chambers and Phillip Taylor MBE, Head of Chambers, Reviews Editor, The Barrister , and Mediator * Irish contributors Conneely and O'Shea to Family Mediation: Contemporary Issues, in an excellent analysis, provide the Irish perspective and examine the development of family mediation in Ireland. -- Keith Walsh * The Parchment * ...this substantial and interesting collection of essays aims to provide a critical overview of current developments and research in family mediation in the UK and Ireland, to improve professional practice and enhance understanding of family mediation by expanding knowledge, and to engage 'scholars' and practitioners in actively exchanging ideas and collaborating. Overall it succeeds. * Family Law * This impressive book is a must read for all dispute resolution practitioners particularly family mediators and all of those individuals and professionals who are stakeholders in the family justice system. The book is both an academic and theoretical tour de force * Dominic Raeside, Family Law in Partnership *

Scholarly as well as readable, it is a book which will no doubt be regarded as essential reading for lawyers as well as meditators, who should lose no time in acquiring it. * Elizabeth Robson Taylor MA of Richmond Green Chambers and Phillip Taylor MBE, Head of Chambers, Reviews Editor, “The Barrister”, and Mediator * Irish contributors Conneely and O’Shea to Family Mediation: Contemporary Issues, in an excellent analysis, provide the Irish perspective and examine the development of family mediation in Ireland. -- Keith Walsh * The Parchment * ...this substantial and interesting collection of essays aims to provide a critical overview of current developments and research in family mediation in the UK and Ireland, to improve professional practice and enhance understanding of family mediation by expanding knowledge, and to engage 'scholars' and practitioners in actively exchanging ideas and collaborating. Overall it succeeds. * Family Law * This impressive book is a must read for all dispute resolution practitioners particularly family mediators and all of those individuals and professionals who are stakeholders in the family justice system. The book is both an academic and theoretical tour de force * Dominic Raeside, Family Law in Partnership *

Scholarly as well as readable, it is a book which will no doubt be regarded as essential reading for lawyers as well as meditators, who should lose no time in acquiring it. * Elizabeth Robson Taylor MA of Richmond Green Chambers and Phillip Taylor MBE, Head of Chambers, Reviews Editor, The Barrister , and Mediator *

Scholarly as well as readable, it is a book which will no doubt be regarded as essential reading for lawyers as well as meditators, who should lose no time in acquiring it. * Elizabeth Robson Taylor MA of Richmond Green Chambers and Phillip Taylor MBE, Head of Chambers, Reviews Editor, The Barrister , and Mediator * Irish contributors Conneely and O'Shea to Family Mediation: Contemporary Issues, in an excellent analysis, provide the Irish perspective and examine the development of family mediation in Ireland. -- Keith Walsh * The Parchment *

Author Information

Marian Roberts Marian has been in continuous practice as a family mediator at the SE London Family Mediation Bureau since 1982. She qualified as a social worker and barrister, and is accredited by the Legal Aid Agency, the College of Mediators and the Family Mediation Council Standards Board, she specialises in high conflict disputes over children. Marian has been involved in the wider developments of family mediation over the years including a national training programme, the professional regulatory framework, and mediation initiatives in the context of public law and child abduction. Dr Maria Federica Moscati Maria Federica is a Senior Lecturer in Family Law at the University of Sussex. She is an Italian advocate and holds a PhD from SOAS. She has previously convened and lectured at SOAS, Queen Mary and UCL - University of London, and at the University of Shantou in the People’s Republic of China. Before undertaking her doctorate she worked for Save the Children Italy where she specialized in children’s rights. Her main research interests lie in issues relating to ADR, Access to Justice, Comparative Family Law, Human Rights with focus on children, and LGBTI people.

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