the brave new world of services for separating families /
First Statement of Responsibility
Mavis Maclean and John Eekelaa
PROJECTED PUBLICATION DATE
Date
1602
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
viii, 162 pages ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-155) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. Family Legal Services and the State. I. Family Law, the Role of Solicitors and Legal Aid ; II. Legal Aid and Family Matters ; III. Mediation and the Abandonment of Legal Support ; IV. Impact of the Legal Aid Changes of April 2013 on Services for Individuals Contemplating Separation ; V. Consequences of Lack of Representation ; VI. What Follows -- 2. The Marketisation of the Legal Profession. I. Deregulation and Freeing the Market ; II. New Questions ; III. The Changing Market for Divorce-Related Services ; IV. What Are Family Law Solicitors Offering to Prospective Clients? V. Online Divorce Services : Extending the Boundaries of Lawyers' Services? -- 3. What Solicitors are Doing. I. The Study Methodology : Observing Solicitors ; II. The Observational Data ; III. Conclusion -- 4. The Organisation and Aims of Mediation in England and Wales. I. Organisation ; II. Qualifications and Training ; III. Codes of Practice ; IV. Does Mediation only Deal with Disputes? ; V. Information and Advice ; VI. Children ; VII. What Follows -- 5. The Practice of Family Mediators I : Non-Lawyers. I. Group 1 : Non-Lawyer Mediators Working in Non-Legal Settings ; II. Group 2 : Non-Lawyer Mediators Working in Legal Settings ; III. General Observations -- 6. The Practice of Family Mediators II : Legally Trained Mediators. I. Group 3 : Mediators who Were Qualified Solicitors but Were no Longer Practising ; II. Group 4 : Lawyer Mediators Practising Mediation and Law in a Legal Setting ; III. What Follows -- 7. Towards an Integrated Service? I. Types of Mediation ; II. Who is the Client? ; III. A Proposal : 'Legally Assisted' Family Mediation ; IV. An ADR Continuum ; V. Finally Legal Aid