I have been helping families resolve the many different aspects of the breakdown of a relationship since 1992. I am an accredited family law specialist, an accredited family mediator and a practicing collaborative family lawyer. The breakdown of a relationship can be an emotional time for both the couple separating, their wider family and for any children involved. I passionately believe in minimising the trauma for families going through divorce or separation and mediation is one of the most useful ways of achieving this. A good mediator will facilitate constructive discussions between you and your former partner/spouse, they will know how to diffuse any difficult situations so that you can retain control of the decisions that are made about your future and that of your children, and to do all of this with the minimum of conflict.
I have wide experience in all aspects of family law, both in England and in Scotland, including separation, divorce, contact and residence disputes, cohabitation disputes, child abduction, relocation, maintenance, financial division of assets, pension sharing and have particular experience of Armed Forces divorce.