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Chief Executive, NFM

Jane Robey has been Chief Executive Officer of National Family Mediation (NFM) since 2004. Before becoming CEO Jane was a practicing accredited NFM family mediator, Professional Practice Consultant and NFM service manager. She trained as a family mediator in 1996. Jane qualified as a probation officer in 1984 and for 20 years worked in probation, family court welfare, Cafcass and in child protection social work.

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Today, 22 April 2015, is the first anniversary of Children and Families Act legislation that made it compulsory for separating couples seeking a court order to first attend a Mediation...

An evaluation is promised in the spring, but whispers so far seem to suggest a taxpayer-funded Cafcass pilot scheme might not prove a towering value-for-money success. Last November Ministerial...

Justice Minister Simon Hughes ruffled a few feathers last summer in a speech when pledged to give children over the age of 10 the right to be heard in courts when family disputes are being settled. In...

There was an awkward moment for Courts and Legal Aid Minister Shailesh Vara when he appeared before the Commons Justice Select Committee earlier this month and took questions about the impact...

This National Family Mediation article was written to coincide with Resolution's third Family Dispute Resolution Week, running from 24–28 November 2014.This awareness-raising week aims to highlight...

Family Law has previously reported a rise in the number of people coming through the doors of National Family Mediation’s services. Now some fascinating new figures illustrate how much the route...

Last week’s new MOJ / LAA legal aid and mediation data heralded repeated ‘bring back legal aid’ choruses from some quarters. In fact, calls for a rethink came from a highly unlikely source, when...

Who says August is a quiet month? It’s not traditionally noted for major Government statements, but this month saw one of the most significant announcements affecting family law and mediation for...

When the Government’s Family Mediation Task Force report was published early in July, a chorus of disapproval was heard from the solicitor sector. This was slightly surprising, given the...

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