Tag Archives: Family mediation

Is Mediation Confidential in Ontario?

Posted on January 2, 2012 by

As Rick Weiler notes in a December 22 post on the Kluwer Mediation Blog, the issue of mediation confidentiality “arises before the Courts from time to time and we are fortunate to have the recent, well-reasoned decision of Madam Justice … Continue reading →

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“Transformative Mediation for Divorce: Rising Above the Law and the Settlement”

Posted on March 15, 2011 by

The website mediate.com recently published the above-cited article by Dan Simon of St. Paul, Minnesota.  Simon, who was trained as a facilitative mediator, has embraced the transformative approach to mediation in his work on divorces, parenting differences, real estate issues, … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court of Canada rules on common-law relationships

Posted on February 19, 2011 by

On Friday, 18  February 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada handed down unanimous rulings on two cases involving estranged common-law couples. According to the Globe and Mail, …the Court emphasized that when one partner has contributed substantially to a business, … Continue reading →

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Celebrate Family Mediation Day in Canada

Posted on February 2, 2011 by

Celebrate it by taking the time to watch this video with Justice Harvey Brownstone interviewing a lawyer-mediator and a non-lawyer mediator: Family Law Mediation – Family Matters, posted with vodpod  

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The Holidays and Marriage Breakdown

Posted on November 30, 2010 by

Damian Penny refers to a Chicago lawyer‘s reasons for why the holidays seem to lead to divorce, and finds them wanting: 1.       Family time. Holiday celebrations can be good, or bad, depending on the family. What is meant to be enjoyable … Continue reading →

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Mediation for Families in Ottawa

Posted on November 8, 2010 by

Please have a look at my new Facebook page, Mediation for Families in Ottawa and let me know what you think.

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Is Mediation ever appropriate in Cases involving Domestic Violence

Posted on October 22, 2010 by

From a September 28 post in Karl Bayer’s blog, Disputing: A recent article in the Yale Journal of Law and Feminism entitled “Moving Out of the 1990s: An Argument for Updating Protocol on Divorce Mediation in Domestic Abuse Cases,” 22 … Continue reading →

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“Legal system slammed for failing families”

Posted on September 17, 2010 by

The failings of Ontario family law seem to be the flavour of the week in this province.  Far from wishing to denigrate this attention, I simply wish to underline that this area needs sustained focus and, even more, a wide-ranging … Continue reading →

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Mediation — It’s a Matter of Choice

Posted on September 16, 2010 by

There’s an editorial in the print version of the Globe and Mail of September 16th entitled “Divorce – Redundant coercion”.  In the online version, the header gets more to the point of the commentary, “Don’t tell us how to divorce”. … Continue reading →

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“Divorce is costly. The settlement need not be.”

Posted on July 30, 2010 by

Stephanie West Allen at idealawg has excerpted from an interesting opinion piece in today’s online edition of The Christian Science Monitor: [...] three underlying problems will remain – and it is these problems, and not the adjustments that might be … Continue reading →

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