dc.contributor.author | Barlow, Anne | |
dc.contributor.author | Hunter, Rosemary | |
dc.contributor.author | Smithson, Janet | |
dc.contributor.author | Ewing, Jan | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-10T13:35:09Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-12-17T09:47:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-06 | |
dc.description.abstract | The Family Justice System is undergoing radical change and part of the shifting
landscape involves the encouragement towards settling Family Law disputes outside
court. The Mapping Paths to Family Justice study has been an independent 3-year
ESRC-funded academic research project undertaken by the Universities of Exeter and
Kent, beginning in July 2011. The project’s central aim was to provide much needed
evidence about the awareness, usage, experience and outcomes of the different
‘alternative’ or ‘out of court’ Family Dispute Resolution processes (FDRs). The
refocusing of legal aid for private family law disputes on mediation, following the
withdrawal of public funding for legal advice and court representation in such cases
(other than in a narrow band of situations) by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and
Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO), has increased the relevance, importance
and topical nature of this research to family policy and practice in this field, alongside
academic debates. When the project was designed, the principal methods of resolving
disputes without going to court were Solicitor Negotiation, Mediation and Collaborative
Law and these are therefore its focus. Against this background, this Briefing Paper sets
out the study’s aims and methods before reporting on the main findings to its research
questions. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/16067 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | University of Exeter | en_GB |
dc.relation.replaces | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/15172 | |
dc.relation.replaces | 10871/15172 | |
dc.relation.url | http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/media/universityofexeter/collegeofsocialsciencesandinternationalstudies/lawimages/familyregulationandsociety/pdfs/Mapping_Paths_to_Family_Justice_Briefing_Paper_23_06_14.pdf | en_GB |
dc.subject | family mediation | en_GB |
dc.subject | collaborative law | en_GB |
dc.subject | solicitor negotiation | en_GB |
dc.subject | family dispute resolution | en_GB |
dc.subject | family justice | en_GB |
dc.title | Mapping paths to family justice - briefing paper and report on key findings | en_GB |
dc.type | Report | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2014-07-10T13:35:09Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-12-17T09:47:41Z | |
exeter.confidential | false | |
exeter.place-of-publication | Exeter | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2019-02-26T09:06:41Z | |