Mediation Information and Assessment Meetings (MIAMS)
FAQs
How to Refer Clients to Mediation in a Way Which Adds Value to Your Legal Practice
You're a busy lawyer. You get a phone call put through from reception. It's a new enquiry. After a few minutes it's clear that it's potentially a matter for mediation. So what do you do? You explain that they should get in touch with a mediator to help. You give them...
Are You Willing to Offer a Fixed Price to Support Mediation Clients?
More than 50% of our clients don’t have lawyers when they start their mediation. Typically, this isn’t a problem until a mediation agreement is reached. Then, they need lawyers to help them turn their mediation agreement into a court order. They ask us who might be able to help …
Are you honest with your clients? (thought of the day)
Patients sometimes expect a doctor to refer them to a specialist when all they need is over-the-counter remedies. Divorce doesn’t have to be a legal problem!
Explaining mediation to your clients (thought of the day)
Trying to explain mediation to someone who knows nothing about it requires a different approach. Tell a story instead, which simplifies mediation.
Divorce treatment (thought of the day)
The relief experienced when a doctor tells us that whatever ails us is treatable is immense. Reassuring clients helps them relax, allows them to see a way forward.
Using initiative and teamwork wins respect from clients and peers
Using initiative is something we're encouraged to do from a young age. Sometimes, using initiative requires a degree of selflessness, which means by-passing the opportunity for personal gain for the greater good. We'd love to be able to help everybody, but it's not...
How can lawyers and mediators communicate better?
How can lawyers and mediators communicate better by changing old habits? Changing habits that you've spent your professional life forming seems ludicrous. Learning a habit requires an investment of time, and a belief that what you're doing is beneficial to you....
Offering clients guidance
Wikimediator With the internet growing at immeasurable speeds, so is the availability of knowledge to those who seek it. Unlike when the phonebook was the go-to resource for finding help, now, people can easily browse millions of resources until they find one that...
Why solo family practitioners should use WordPress
WordPress is the go-to platform for affordable, professional websites. Sometimes 'affordable' can be misconstrued. Here, 'affordable' means 'great value'. Offering thousands of designs, add ons and other customisable features - you'd do well to beat WordPress without...
3 dead simple reasons why every DR practice should offer online dispute resolution
Most family practices don't use digital technology to meet with their clients. On the flip side, most family practitioners are capable of using that technology. We order groceries at the click of a button, and manage our finances from our smartphones. Why aren't...
Bridging Over Troubled Water
Since my in-laws moved to Sweden in the early 90s, I've been fortunate enough to holiday there annually. Many people who visit Malmö, in the south of Sweden, land at Copenhagen airport, which is across the Øresund sea, in Denmark. In the 90s, you had to take a ferry...
If change is hard and apathy is easy, is traditional court practice a narcotic?
"Change is hard, apathy is easy and tradition is ... (a) narcotic ..." Russell Brand, a recovering drug addict, said this when reflecting on the recent death of the actor Philip Seymour Hoffman from a suspected drug overdose. He was being critical of governments.,...