‘Great collection of talented individuals who offer a comprehensive service for both money and children. Their reputation for mediation in central London is stellar’.

‘James Pirrie is an outstanding mediator – he is my first port of call recommendation. He is very successful at getting to the heart of a case and goes the extra mile to assist clients to settle’.

‘Years of experience 5-star reputation of being able to deliver good results. Particular expertise in the most complex and intractable disputes‘. 

‘All get mediation and DR generally – it is their calling card’.

‘James Pirrie is a detailed and committed collaborative lawyer. Dominic Raeside is the old guard on children matters’.

‘FLIP is hands down the leaders in the mediation world with several excellent mediators and a team of partners who constantly give to the family world. They have strength and diversity throughout their partnership with some good new partners already having an impact’.

‘James Pirrie – the leader in Child maintenance and Schedule 1 cases -knows more than any practitioner – barrister or solicitor and works phenomenally hard with immense energy and willing to pass on his knowledge to everyone‘.

‘Elizabeth Fletcher – not a partner who shouts from the rooftops about her clear achievements so perhaps not as well known as her peers but she is a fantastic lawyer, super bright and solution focused‘.

‘The team is excellent and collaborates with therapeutic services’.

‘Offering free MIAMs was pretty unique. Not many London firms offering legal aid!’

‘Caroline Bowden is stand out for me given her passion for mediation. She’s a director of the Family Mediation Council (representing Solicitor mediators). Her regulatory work is vital for a vibrant and cutting edge profession’.

‘They are used to dealing with clients from a financially wide spectrum, they often draft the terms of the consent order, so that the details of what the parties have agreed is set out clearly when legal advice is sought by the parties’.

‘Caroline Bowden is a force of nature, has been committed to mediation for many many years, is confident and efficient’.

‘Anthony Gold’s mediation practice is foremost in the country and London. Any serious family practitioner will be confident in referring their cases to them. Their experience and breadth of work in this field is long and wide. They deal with probably some of the most challenging mediation cases’.

‘Kim Beatson has been involved in mediation since the early 1990’s and is hugely skilled. She has loads of empathy from which she can identify clients’ needs and develop solutions encouraging agreements’.

‘David Emmerson is an impressive mediator with loads of experience. His DR practice is supported by his experience as a part time district judge which enables him to give parties real insight to a failing court process. Caroline Bowden is again well known and regarded mediator and Nazia Rashid is an upcoming force dealing with many vulnerable people in mediation’.

‘Sarah Anticoni is one of the leading family mediators in the country is always on our top three list of mediators who I recommend. She commands authority and has so much experience that clients immediately trust her and with her super intelligence and creative approach she can resolve the most difficult of mediations’.

‘Very experienced mediators who have a wealth of knowledge to assist clients in the mediation process. Sarah Anticoni is a first rate mediator with lots of experience and common sense. She always goes the extra mile for clients and I would have no hesitation in recommending her’.

‘The team has strength in the experienced practitioners within and they are also highly knowledgeable and able to draw upon the other disciplines within the firm to assist their clients’.

‘Shona Alexander is an experienced, empathetic and knowledgeable mediator who can offer a high service of assistance to families particularly where there are high value assets and complex company structures’.

‘Sarah Anticoni is an excellent mediator, she can help couples resolve the most intractable of disputes’.

‘Sarah Anticoni is the only person in the firm with whom I have contact – she is the foremost mediator of her generation’.

‘Sarah Anticoni has strength, knowledge, compassion’.

‘Good reputation. Nice people –  Sarah Anticoni (Mediation)’.

‘This firm is progressive, dynamic and very experienced in all aspects of family law. A magic circle for the provinces. Well versed in ADR as well as in litigation I have recommended them to several clients. They are thorough, hands on and extremely approachable whoever the client’.

‘Kate Elliott is incredibly well prepared as well as down to earth, approachable and extremely knowledgeable on the law. A real pleasure to work with. Clients love her’.

‘The team provides a very client focused service looking holistically at what a client needs from the process’.

‘There are no weak links in the team. Farhana Shahzady: exceptionally hardworking she goes the extra mile for her clients. She is passionate about the people and causes she works for’.

‘I have known Hazel Manktelow as a fellow mediator and as Hazel’s PPC for at least ten years. Hazel is an excellent and skillful mediator offering a warm and empathetic manner. Hazel provides all issues mediation and child inclusive mediation’.

‘Kate Elliott is the practitioner I know in Family Law in Partners, and she is excellent – insightful and grounded with a quick intelligence that rapidly gets to the heart of a problem’.

‘Gemma Hope is a very compassionate and dedicated lawyer who always goes the extra mile. Gemma is extremely hardworking and able, but with an approachable and considerate style. I have worked with a number of people who have received a service from FLP’.

‘Farhana Shahzady and Kate Elliott are both capable, warm mediators. Not afraid to speak their mind but don’t lose the clients’ faith when doing so. Sarah Jelly and Gemma Hope in particular have exemplary mediation skills’.

‘A great team offering a range of family law work and great value for money. Trudi Featherstone goes above and beyond for her clients’.

‘A small but highly regarded mediation team. A team I regularly offer to clients as suggested mediators. Trudi Featherstone has a considerable experience of dealing with both children and finance mediations. She has a calm relaxed style and a range of strategies to ensure that the mediation works’.

‘Thomas Brownrigg is a stand out family lawyer for finance and children disputes. Very good with cohabitation and modern family cases. Technically brilliant with a fine attention to detail. Tremendous lateral thinker. Extremely good at negotiation. Always popular with clients‘.

‘In Trudi Featherstone, Goodman Ray has one of London’s most able mediators. The greatest compliment I can pay her is that I have recommended her to a number of my clients, and will continue to do so’.

‘Trudi Featherstone inspires trust, is approachable, friendly, empathetic and respectful. She is dedicated to the cause and will stop at nothing to assist her clients in reaching an informed agreement’.

‘Tom Brownrigg is a mediator who I would recommend without hesitation. He is bright whilst remaining approachable and I have received very positive feedback as to how Tom is able to manage difficult personalities within a mediation setting’.

‘Trudi Featherstone who is head of the Finance team continues to spearhead this department to ever greater heights, having received many industry accolades. Tom Brownrigg, a more junior partner has also carved out a niche for himself and has a top notch reputation’.

‘Clients speak very highly of Tom Brownrigg. He understands clients and mediates both children and finance cases. He is a very safe pair of hands and someone who has the experience and skill to help clients solve even the trickiest of issues’.

‘Jo Carr-West is a calm and conscientious mediator’.

‘Jo Carr West is exceptional, balanced and able to guide parties towards settlement in a calm, balanced and gentle way’.

‘Hunters has a strong reputation for its mediation practice and in Henry Hood and Jo Carr-West they have two of the leading mediators in this country. I am very happy to recommend them to my clients’.

‘Henry Hood has a strong reputation and a force amongst his peers’.

‘Jo Carr West – I have had very good feedback from clients and colleagues and am happy to refer my clients to her regularly’.

‘Charlotte Bradley – a gem of a lawyer, bags of knowledge and compassion and really pragmatic – she is as good a lawyer as she is a mediator. The rest of the team is strong too especially Connie Atkinson’.

‘The Kingsley Napley mediation team offers real strength and depth led by Charlotte Bradley. Connie Atkinson with Lauren Evans and Stacey Nevin recently adding more depth. The firm is committed to mediation and a genuine alternative for clients’.

‘Charlotte Bradley is unflappable and can take on even the most challenging mediation cases’.

‘Connie Atkinson really cares about her clients and has a very calming influence. Clients trust Lauren Evans and have faith that she will help them navigate the best course to find a resolution’.

‘The team  has excellent lawyers but has real strength and depth in its mediation service as well. They are flexible and extremely able so provide a top notch service for mediation clients’.

‘Charlotte Bradley is one of the go to mediators in London. Very experienced if anyone can get a deal she will do so. As a lawyer she is one of the best so she knows the advantages of settling in mediation but she is meticulous in ensuring the right process is followed so the clients are in excellent hands’.

‘The mediation team has a very strong leader in Charlotte Bradley who is very passionate about mediation and extremely experienced and compassionate’.

‘Connie Atkinson – a sensitive and dedicated mediator – treats her mediating clients as individuals and is very caring and compassionate in her approach’.

‘Simon Pigott is one of London’s best mediators and has a first class reputation and achieves very good results. He has all the personal qualities needed to mediate complex family cases’.

‘Simon Piggott – exceptional capable mediator – good balance of quiet confidence and calm focus on resolving matters’.

‘This is a small team, but one which is perfectly formed’.

‘I have particular regard for Simon Pigott who is one of the best mediators in the market. He is a gentleman, but firm, and he has excellent judgment and savoir faire’.

‘Suzanne Kingston is an outstanding lawyer and mediator. She is my absolute go to mediator for clients – she has helped clients settle their cases which all parties and lawyers involved were convinced would need to go to trial. She is an extremely skilled mediator’.

‘Huge strength in depth across the board for a range of clients be it those struggling to meet needs, or high-net-worth clients. They take an innovative approach to supporting clients and are at the cutting edge of the evolution of family law’.

‘Tim Whitney is a stand out solicitor and mediator with an excellent reputation, in particular at enabling clients to not only obtain an excellent outcome to a case, but doing it in a way which enables matters to be resolved amicably and efficiently’.

‘Alison Bull is committed to achieving fair outcomes for clients and uses her undoubted intellect and capabilities to achieve this. She has a wider commitment to the dispute resolution world and puts enormous energy into enhancing that world’.

‘Katherine Kennedy has impressed as a professional who is able to bring together her deep legal knowledge and experience – enabling her to grasp and explain complex and nuanced legal implications within any mediated negotiation’.

‘Suzanne Kingston is one of (if not the) best mediator for family work here in England & Wales. Her generations working at the top end of family law work, coupled with her dedication to international family law, make her the go to mediator for high profile, high value, complex and/or international cases’.

‘Karen Barham is the only mediator I use at MB, but she always appears on my recommended list of mediators sent to clients to select. She is innovative, not shy in dealing with confrontation and above all, successful’.

‘Moore Barlow is a great team – particularly Karen Barham and Jo Farrands’.

‘Karen Barham is an excellent mediator, particularly for high conflict couples. Mari Magnussen has also assisted clients in a calm and supportive way where feedback has been positive’.

‘Karen is an extraordinary talented mediator, valued across the family law industry. She brings charm, patience and wit to her work. This year she managed an extraordinary difficult situation to a successful conclusion – despite obstacle-generation that would have tested a saint’.

‘Karen Barham is absolutely at the top of the DR tree!’.

‘Karen Barham is exceptionally experienced, knowledgeable and her gravitas radiates’.

‘Karen Barham is passionate about non-court dispute resolution methods, and she has campaigned for a better way for several years’.

‘Karen Barham is very experienced, endlessly helpful and flexible and innovative in her mediation practice. She is also a delightful person’.

‘Osbornes has a hugely experienced mediation team with Andrew Watson, Bridget Thompson and Lisa Pepper who are able to offer financial and children mediation for a range of cases including those that are highly complex involving challenging clients.’

‘Lisa Pepper is fantastic. She goes the extra mile for her clients and is a superb mediator’.

‘They are experienced and competent and have a long tradition and a good reputation. I only deal with them as a mediator and I know (and have worked with) Mark Freedman, Lisa Pepper and Bridget Thompson’.

‘David Leadercrammer is such an experienced wonderful lawyer who you would want on the other side of your case. He’s sensible, pragmatic and hugely experienced in money and children cases‘.

‘Lisa Pepper is a complete all rounder. Her mediation skills are second to none. She is kind and compassionate and knows the law inside out!’.

‘The team has a good range of personalities and approaches, meaning that they should be able to find the right lawyer for any particular client/couple. They are a cost-effective alternative to Central London firms’.

‘Lisa Pepper is good at making herself available to clients and has a real focus on finding pragmatic solutions. Andrew Watson is relaxed and approachable with a really smart brain‘.

‘A family team that is able to offer the highest level of expertise across the family law spectrum from high-net-worth finances through to care proceedings and children matters. They have the experience, lawyers and mediators to be able to advise on a wide range of family matters at the highest level.’

‘Suzanne Todd is good on technical finances and has so much litigation experience she is great on understanding and explaining what outcomes would be like. Italian speaker too’.

‘Withers is well known and is of course an industry leader. Suzanne Todd offers exceptional value for the complex cases. She has presence and calm and so provides the perfect environment for difficult situations’.

‘Suzanne Todd, head of the team but maintains an active legal and mediation practice, is super flexible in her approach so appeals to all types of clients. Very warm but steely and very solution focused’.

‘Claire Blakemore works incredibly hard for her clients, and equally good as a lawyer and mediator. Particularly good on finances’.

‘Withers’ family team is one of the strongest in the country and also offers family mediation as part of its excellent all round service. Suzanne Todd is a stand out mediator in the field’.

‘Suzanne Todd – her breadth of knowledge and experience of clients in the high-net-worth market combined with her natural approachability mean that she is first choice for mediation in this field. She is creative and finds solutions for clients in a pragmatic and direct way’.

‘Withers is a full service firm so has the capability to advise in every area which is of great value to clients’.

‘Claire Blakemore is a fantastic lawyer, astonishingly efficient and on top of the detail in financial cases. She brings her legal skills to her mediation practice where she is also empathetic and constructive. Clients love her’.

‘Rachel Woodds was the mediator in our divorce. She was very fair, honest, patient and was excellent at mediating so that we came to an amicable financial agreement which I had believed would be difficult or even impossible. She also brought in a pensions advisor to clarify our position in respect of pensions’. 

‘Jones Nickolds has carved out a niche for providing Central London magic circle level of service at a fraction of the rates. An excellent firm with an excellent reputation’.

‘Rachel Woodd is exceptional in the lengths that she will go to for her clients to get the best possible result for them whilst all the time maintaining an eye on the client’s needs’.

‘Rachel Woodd is one of my go-to mediators. She is very experienced, calm, empathetic and effective’.

‘A very strong matrimonial team who know their stuff and are very familiar with dealing with all types of cases, from very challenging lower asset cases to complex higher value matters’.

‘Rachel Woodd has a very approachable and sensible manner and is able to put forward her clients’ cases forcefully and clearly without adding to the tensions of litigation’.

‘Rachel Woodd is my absolute go to mediator. She now handles most of our most complex mediations and is masterful in terms of her ability to bring direction and sense to all scenarios. She handles with skill, grace and intellect cases with multiple parties, complex financial structures and those with delicate family dynamics’.