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By Mavis Maclean, John Eekelaar

ISBN-10: 1509904824

ISBN-13: 9781509904822

Do attorneys make concerns worse, or do they supply details, recommendation and help that may aid to avoid disputes coming up or deal with them once they do? Do mediators let events to speak and achieve agreements tailored to their wishes? Or operating outdoor the criminal framework, do they locate it tricky to guard weaker events and entry specialist recommendation? What occurs whilst legal professionals develop into mediators? This e-book will describe the constitution of carrier provision and the day by day paintings of legal professionals, mediators, and attorney mediators, drawing on empirical paintings conducted among 2013 and 2015 instantly after the new adjustments to the administration of divorce and separation in the family members justice method. The aid in felony aided assist in 2013 and the failure of mediation to fill the distance in 2014–15 have given upward push to a tricky debate. This e-book goals to supply an account of a few of the sensible results of those regulations via an outline of the day-by-day paintings of practitioners within the zone. It increases the query of no matter if we have to make a choice from conventional felony companies and the recent methods of personal ordering or even if intermediate positions can be attainable.

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See p 26. 16 Harris v Manahan [1997] 1 FLR 205. 15 Online Divorce Services 39 Forms, Divorce Papers and Divorce Online. We looked carefully at the 41 sites which came up on the first Google page, rejecting two press divorce stories, 11 duplicate sites and one that was not yet contactable. This left us with 28 sites, of which the largest group of services were 10 solicitors’ firms, essentially extending their marketing through this new dimension, including Co-operative Legal Services. There were also four independent advice sites (the CAB, the peer group support networks Netmums and Mumsnet and the Independent Money Service), three non-legal practitioners (counsellors and mediators), three commercial sites (Moneysupermarket, Lawpack and WH Smith) and two government websites.

They will talk through the difficulties being faced, assess what support the parent needs and will offer impartial information and guidance. This will include putting callers in touch with the relevant local professionals and support services, including mediation. 48 A local initiative in Bristol co-ordinates the work of six voluntary agencies (a Law Centre with a voluntary solicitor scheme, a Citizens Advice Bureau, a Personal Support Unit which uses volunteers to support people on court premises, a Multi-Faith Support Group, a group of postgraduate law students who provide ‘assistance’, and the Samaritans) (see Wildblood, Goldingham and Evans 2014).

Is this emerging array of specialist services offering a new freedom of choice in the absence of legal aid? Or is the first-time user who may be under stress able to make informed and safe choices without guidance or quality assurance? ’ But beside this there was an advertisement for the not-for-profit organisation Wikivorce who were offering free divorce advice and fixed-price solicitor divorce for £179 saying: ‘Online Divorce … are you sure? Why risk it? ’ B. New Specialist Providers Looking in detail at the new specialist services, our first concern was to establish who was providing the service, that is, whether a site is offering the advice of an accredited and insured lawyer, or a paralegal, or anyone with some legal knowledge.

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