Author: Leia Monsoon

  • Hybrid Mediation Case Study

    Catherine & Tom Catherine and Tom were a high conflict married couple who had already been separated for over a year when they instructed their lawyers. Tom was a high-earning lawyer working in the city and Catherine had stopped training as a teacher to care for their three children (one aged 13 and twins aged…

  • Taking the Fear out of Divorce

    Taking the Fear out of Divorce

    I have been working as a Family Consultant since 2011. I work with couples, families, individuals and at times children who have experienced a high level of conflict during the break down of a relationship. I work within and alongside legal frameworks, such as in mediations, collaborative processes or alongside the courts.  In my experience…

  • Lockdown Separation

    Lockdown Separation

    With Lockdown upon us, and people feeling trapped in marriages they want to leave, for us professionals in Family Law, now more than ever, is the time we are thinking of how to reduce adversity in our work with clients. Being stuck together with health worries, possibly financial worries too and no where to go…