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Children arbitration overview
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The Scheme
15 years ago a number of family lawyers got together and thought that it may be sensible to mirror our colleagues in the civil litigation world by considering the idea of arbitration in the family law context.
In 2010 the idea gained momentum and led to the
launch of the IFLA (Institute of Family Law Arbitration) Scheme for financial cases in April 2012. Since that time 220 financial arbitrators have been trained and over 90 financial arbitrations undertaken.
To find out more about the Scheme and to search for an arbitrator information can be found on the
IFLA website the
Resolution website and
www.familyarbitrator.com.
Judicial encouragement
We are now deemed to be world leaders in family law arbitration! Much of the success can be attributed to the judicial support and encouragement we have seen in a number of cases:
Read the full article here.
