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14/09/2009
New pre-divorce mediation law 'being considered' |
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Ministers are said to be drawing up new rules that will make it mandatory for separating couples to consider mediation before taking their divorce to court.
Justice minister Bridget Prentice and Lord Blatch are looking at drawing up such rules, the Times reports.
The paper quotes Ms Prentice as saying: "In many cases mediation can offer considerable advantages over going to court," noting that the idea has widespread support among family lawyers.
However, Gresham College law professor Baroness Deech said she was against the idea, saying it is not possible to force mediation on someone who is "adamantly opposed to it".
She added that the mediation process tends to favour men more than women, as the former gender tends to be believed more by mediators and also better informed going into the process.
Last week it was stated that the number of divorces is being increased by the strains of the recession.
Swindon-based family solicitor Lyn Ellins told the Swindon Advertiser that around 70 per cent of her cases are ones brought by men.
Written by Anthony Dyson
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