News
23 January 2012
Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has today urged separating couples to consider mediation when they separate or divorce, instead of turning to the courts.He travelled to Milton Keynes to meet family mediators at Focus Mediation. The professionally trained mediators work with couples and families to reach agreements when they separate or divorce, especially where children are involved.
Mediation can be a quicker, cheaper and more amicable alternative to court, where couples work through their issues in the presence of a qualified mediator to make arrangements both sides can agree with, rather than putting lawyers and a judge in charge of deciding a couple's future arrangements.
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http://www.justice.gov.uk/news/press-releases/moj/newsrelease230112a.htm
