Edward Cooke (Edward Cooke Family Law)

Edward Cooke (Edward Cooke Family Law)

Edward is a family lawyer and mediator at Edward Cooke Family Law, a boutique family law practice with nine lawyers and five mediators and offices in Chichester, Brighton and Farnham.

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DR Corner: Is NCDR Appropriate in Financial Remedy Cases where there is Domestic Abuse?

DR Corner: Is NCDR Appropriate in Financial Remedy Cases where there is Domestic Abuse?

In October 2024, a Resolution multi-disciplinary working party published a report, Domestic abuse in financial remedy proceedings. Described as a ‘groundbreaking’ consideration of the interplay between domestic abuse and the treatment of finances on separation and divorce, this 18-month project is a powerful call for change from eminent family law

DR Corner: Mediation in the Wake of WL v HL – Low-Hanging Fruit or Golden Opportunity?

DR Corner: Mediation in the Wake of WL v HL – Low-Hanging Fruit or Golden Opportunity?

Traditional perceptions of mediation ‘[M]ediated cases are self-evidently the easiest to settle; the low fruit of the dispute resolution world. Quite rightly this will always remain so. But my nagging concern about the mediation process remains; that one side often has the upper negotiating hand either psychologically or practically.

Edward Cooke

Edward is a family lawyer and mediator at Edward Cooke Family Law, a boutique family law practice with nine lawyers and five mediators and offices in Chichester, Brighton and Farnham. Edward was recently named Child Inclusive Mediator of the Year at the 2024 National Mediation Awards and won Family Law