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A day in the life of ... Penny Rogers (Mediator)

Date:27 NOV 2015
This article was written in support of Resolution's fourth Family Dispute Resolution Week running from 23-27 November 2015.

This awareness-raising week aims to highlight the alternatives to court for separating couples and their families. Support the campaign on Twitter using #childrenfirst #ResolutionWeek and #familylaw.

Penny Rogers (Director and mediator Devon Family Solutions)

What is your position and what do you do on a day-to-day basis?

I am the Director of mediation business Devon Family Solutions in Exeter Devon. This means I own and run the day-to-day business and work as a mediator seeing clients for all aspect of dispute resolution.

How long have you been in this role and what brought you here?

I was a practising family law solicitor for approximately 20 years 16 of which I also spent undertaking mediation. I was a member of Law Society Family Law Panel Children Panel and the Mediation Panel and was also a collaborative lawyer.

I have now been a Director at Devon Family Solutions for almost 3 years and am also qualified...

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