Here is an article by me from last Friday’s Sydney Morning Herald on the impact of Australia’s increasingly international population and possible child abductions – http://www.smh.com.au/comment/laws-can-do-little-to-regulate-matters-of-the-heart-20160421-goby8b.html The article explains that six of the ten most common countries of origin of immigrants to Australia are not signatories...
LEADR-IAMA is one of the largest mediation organisations in Australasia with over 4000 members. It holds a biannual Kongress which covers topics relevant not only to mediators, but also to lawyers and all professionals interested in negotiation and conflict resolution. In my presentation to this year's Kongress in Sydney, I shall explain how electronic communications such...
I thought you might find this video interesting - www.kidsinthemiddle.org.uk. It features English teenagers talking about the separation of their parents. As a family mediator and lawyer, the video made me reflect on: Even though the interviews occur around 6 years after separation, some of the...
Below is a link to a survey which might be useful for you. The link is to an English survey of young adults who experienced parental separation in their childhood. Their recollections are a useful guide for separating parents – and family lawyers and mediators -...