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August 14, 2026

Response to A Fairer End to Relationships Consultation – August 2026

We are the Family Mediators Association (FMA). We were established in 1988 andhave a membership of 524 with 539 including affiliates and friends of FMA.FMA is a lead body and founding member of the Family Mediation Council (FMC),which co-ordinates regulation of and develops common standards for familymediators.FMA is the only member organisation of the FMC dedicated to representing theinterests of professional family mediators, whatever their background, together withthe interests of the familie...

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June 3, 2026

Commissioner for Children Letter – March 2026

Extract:Dear Parent,I know that going through a separation or divorce can be an incredibly challenging time, not only for you but importantly for your...

July 2, 2024

NA v LA [2024] EWFC 113

Family Court, 24 May 2024, Nicholas Allen KC (sitting as a Deputy High Court judge) Deborah Bangay KC, instructed by Rayden Solicitors, for the wif...

December 11, 2023

Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil [2023] EWCA Civ 1416Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil

Xanthopoulos v Rakshina [2022 Court of Appeal, 29 November 2023, Lady Carr LCJ, Sir Geoffrey Vos MR and Birss LJ] EWFC 30 EWFC 30 The claimant b...

May 20, 2022

WC v HC (Financial Remedies Agreements) (Rev1) [2022] EWFC 22

WC v HC (Financial Remedies Agreements) (Rev1) [2022] EWFC 22 Family Court, 22 March 2022, Peel J Charles Howard QC and Joshua Viney, instructed...

May 4, 2022

K v K [2022] EWCA Civ 468

K v K [2022] EWCA Civ 468 Court of Appeal, 8 April 2022, Sir Geoffrey Vos MR, Sir Andrew McFarlane P, and King LJ The father in person; Jessica ...

March 22, 2021

Re E (A Child) (Mediation Privilege) (Rev 1) [2020] EWHC 3379 Family Division, 7 December 2020

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December 19, 2019

Neil v Neil [2019] EWHC 3330 (Fam) Family Division, 22 November 2019, Moor J

Neil v Neil [2019] EWHC 3330 (Fam) Family Division, 22 November 2019, Moor J The couple began living together in 1992 and married in 2007. They ...

December 11, 2019

Neil v Neil [2019] EWHC 3330 (Fam) Family Division, 22 November 2019

Case Summary: Neil v Neil [2019] EWHC 3330 (Fam) Family Division, 22 November 2019 England and Wales High Court (Family Division) Decisions: Neil v...

September 6, 2019

Timokhin [2019] EWCA Civ 1284 Court of Appeal, 18 July 2019, Underhill, King and Moylan LJJ

The parents were both Russian; they relocated from Russia to London in 2004. Their two children were now 15 and nearly 8. Following the breakdown of t...