Rachael Blakey
Biographic Data
| ID | 4443215 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachael Blakey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachael |
| FAMILY NAME | Blakey |
| SIGNATURE | BLAKEY R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warwick |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2763-2257 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Joint representation for divorcing or separating couples in England and Wales
In England and Wales, the notion of joint representation has gained noticeable interest following the 2022 no-fault divorce reforms. Largely known as ‘one-lawyer-two-clients’, the format enables a single lawyer to jointly advise a divorcing or separating couple. One-lawyer-two-clients appears to be increasingly provided by lawyers in the 2020s, yet there is no published data on the format’s effectiveness or limitations. Crucially, this undermines…
Family mediation and domestic abuse
For several decades, policymakers in England and Wales and Australia have implemented various measures designed to increase uptake of family mediation. In both jurisdictions, mediators are ultimately responsible for determining whether, in the circumstances of each case, mediation is a suitable method of dispute resolution. To discharge this duty, mediators must be able to reliably identify cases where there has been, or is a risk of, domestic ab…
Assessing the availability of legal support through the ‘Help with family Mediation’ legal aid scheme
The accessibility of legal support for private family matters has been devastated by decades of reform.At the time of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, legal advice supposedly remained available to support those in family mediation via the 'Help with Family Mediation' scheme.However, initial evidence suggests that lawyers rarely engage in the scheme because of a lack of financial incentives.Statistics on Help with Fa…
‘Mediators mediating themselves’
The demand for family mediation to adapt and change has risen sharply in the contemporary English and Welsh family justice system. This paper focuses on a crucial, yet overlooked, barrier to reform: the tensions felt within the family mediator profession. It first provides an important overview of the introduction of family mediation in the late twentieth century, highlighting the distinction between the traditional therapeutic mediator and the s…
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‘Mediators mediating themselves’
The demand for family mediation to adapt and change has risen sharply in the contemporary English and Welsh family justice system. This paper focuses on a crucial, yet overlooked, barrier to reform: the tensions felt within the family mediator profession. It first provides an important overview of the introduction of family mediation in the late twentieth century, highlighting the distinction between the traditional therapeutic mediator and the s…
Assessing the availability of legal support through the ‘Help with family Mediation’ legal aid scheme
The accessibility of legal support for private family matters has been devastated by decades of reform.At the time of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, legal advice supposedly remained available to support those in family mediation via the 'Help with Family Mediation' scheme.However, initial evidence suggests that lawyers rarely engage in the scheme because of a lack of financial incentives.Statistics on Help with Fa…
Family mediation and domestic abuse
For several decades, policymakers in England and Wales and Australia have implemented various measures designed to increase uptake of family mediation. In both jurisdictions, mediators are ultimately responsible for determining whether, in the circumstances of each case, mediation is a suitable method of dispute resolution. To discharge this duty, mediators must be able to reliably identify cases where there has been, or is a risk of, domestic ab…
Joint representation for divorcing or separating couples in England and Wales
In England and Wales, the notion of joint representation has gained noticeable interest following the 2022 no-fault divorce reforms. Largely known as ‘one-lawyer-two-clients’, the format enables a single lawyer to jointly advise a divorcing or separating couple. One-lawyer-two-clients appears to be increasingly provided by lawyers in the 2020s, yet there is no published data on the format’s effectiveness or limitations. Crucially, this undermines…
Law (3 works) · Mediation (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction (2 works) · Economic Justice (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Legal principles and applications (2 works) · Medicine (2 works)