CALM Scotland was established in 1994 by a group of experienced family lawyers who were keen to provide an alternative process for family dispute resolution. 

 

CALM mediators are all family lawyers who have at least seven years of relevant family law experience and who have undergone a period of training as mediators before being accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as Family Law Mediators. 

 

CALM mediators are bound by a Code of Practice, and each year have to undergo continuing professional development training and assessment to maintain their accreditation. All of this ensures that CALM mediators continue to offer the best skills to an extremely sensitive and important process. 

 

Comprehensive family mediation is a specialised process. Couples, in whatever stage of separation or divorce, including post-divorce, can meet with a mediator or co-mediators to seek ways of resolving issues and problems arising from their separation. The process allows these issues and problems to be clearly identified, for options for resolving such issues and problems to be considered, and for areas of agreement to be reached, all in an informed and voluntary process. 

 

CALM mediators have knowledge, not only of the relevant family law that will apply, but also a knowledge and understanding of family dynamics and behaviour. Our mediators are sensitive and alert to power imbalances within a relationship, and to other behaviour or influences which could affect the mediation and negotiation process