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We are following the latest Government advice and until we are told otherwise will not be offering any face to face appointments.  Our staff are all working from home and have systems in place to support that.  The phone will still be answered and you will still be able to have your assessment appointments by […]

We’ve written to MPs where we live and work about No Fault Divorce… Dear Mr Alan Mak MP I work in your constituency and am a family lawyer and mediator who is a member of Resolution, the association of family law professionals. I am writing to encourage you to attend a Parliamentary Briefing organised by Resolution on the […]

Specialists at local firm, Mediation Now, have come up with a survival guide for all families to enjoy the festive season. Plan – Sort out contact arrangements well in advance. Children should be clear when they are seeing their parents. If you can’t agree, seek professional advice. Budget – Christmas can be a financial pressure that is […]

Mediation Now is delighted to be supporting its coach and mentor, Neil Hawkins as he takes on the challenge of running the London Marathon on 24th April. Neil is running to support The Rainbow Centre,(www.rainbowcentre.org) a local organisation that supports children with Cerebral Palsy and relies solely on funding from public donations. ‘The Rainbow Centre […]

Mediation Now was delighted to be part of the biggest annual celebration of business in Portsmouth, ‘The News Business Excellence Awards’. Having been shortlisted in the event’s most popular category ‘Small Business of the Year’, Directors Claire Webb and Rebecca Hawkins attended the event held at the Portsmouth Guildhall along with hundreds of eminent figures […]

A small, local and relatively young mediation firm is celebrating after winning government funding to run courses for separated families.  The money is being given to only ten firms nationally as part of a radical overhaul of the Child Maintenance system that was announced in 2012. Mediation Now will use the money to develop their […]

Mediation Now, the family mediation service, is now up and running in new premises in East Street, their biggest move yet. Plans to develop operations were brought forward by the recent changes in legal aid, which has led to an uptake in mediation.   In 2010 the government announced plans to reduce their family legal aid […]