Knowledge and resources

A review of a wide-ranging and practical workshop designed to help mediators prepare for a changing world, with more and more cases involving international families or religious issues

Families come “in all shapes and sizes” and the law is constantly evolving to respond to changing circumstances. This workshop at the Dispute Resolution Conference 2018 ran through some of the key developments and Mary Raymont reports back on it.

The Henry Brown Lecture at the Dispute Resolution Conference 2018 was delivered by Dr Amita Sehgal, a psychoanalytic couple psychotherapist with the Balint Consultancy. Annmarie Carvalho provides an overview.

The Collaborative Practice Working Party was set up to engage and support practitioners involved in collaborative work.

The Dispute Resolution committee works across all areas of family dispute resolution, leading innovation in process and practice.

Resolution developed an innovative new service called Family Matters. It aimed to help separated parents collaborate more effectively in the best interests of their children and involved the services of a new type of practitioner – a ‘Family Matters Guide’.