While the courts have now made mediation in parenting matters compulsory in most cases, a lot of judges are asking litigants in property cases to consider settlements as well.
Family law settlements tend to be emotional and fraught with tension. As such the best advice that I always give my clients is that when attending a settlement conference they should always walk in knowing what their best possible outcome is and what their least acceptable outcome.
By knowing where the ‘goalposts’ are and the space between them,
