Knowledge and resources

As dispute resolution practitioners, we constantly find ourselves navigating private aspects of human relationships and emotions. An experienced family lawyer and mediator confided in me that she did not feel competent in handling the emotional aspects of disputes. As a psychologist, I often feel equally inadequate in dealing with the legal elements of family disputes. Our individual experiences with collaborative practice revealed how an integrated and interdisciplinary approach to dispute resolution can be mutually beneficial to our practice while also improving the quality of service for our clients.

In this podcast, Ian Hawkins, Mary Waring, and Phil O'Connor discuss the many benefits that can be obtained from including a financial neutral within a collaborative meeting.

In this article for The Review Graeme Fraser reports back on the Dispute Resolution Conference family justice Question Time from the DR Conference 2019

In this article for The Review Gemma Hope reports back on the "Using words well: how we can find solutions through language" workshop from the DR Conference 2019

This fascinating workshop at the DR Conference 2019 explained how the left side and the right side of the brain process information in very different ways, so it can be well worth bearing in mind which aspect of the brain you want to talk to and with. James Carroll reports on it for The Review.

In this article for The Review Carrie Rudge reports back on the "Helping emotional parents towards good outcomes" workshop from the DR Conference 2019.

In this article for The Review Mei-Ling McNab reports back on "The pros and cons of early neutral evaluation" presentation from the DR Conference 2019.

Fiona Connah reports back on the seminar “The Rise of the Neutral – a systemic approach”, presented by Carolyn Hanes and Jane McCann, at the Dr Conference 2019.

In this podcast Joanna Blakelock, KGW Family Law, and David Emmerson, Anthony Gold, discuss how to develop your practice as a mediator. In particular, they discuss:

Skills of a mediator, how you apply them and how you approach the training, the involvement of experts in the mediation process, setting out the difference between legal information and legal advice to clients, how to approach safeguarding matters and how to explain mediation and other DR processes with clients in a first meeting.

This guidance has been jointly agreed between Resolution and The Law Society. Particular thanks and acknowledgements are recorded here to The Law Society and Resolution