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Alison Bull

Area of practice includes family mediation; collaborative law; civil/commercial mediation; family court work. Alison is also a children and financial arbitrator. Types of work include complex financial settlements on divorce, wealth protection (including pre-and post-marital agreements), all issues mediation, advice in relation to disputes about children. Important cases include numerous confidential high-value divorce and pre-marital agreement cases involving individuals based in England & Wales and overseas. Increasing number of mediation cases, involving a wide range of clients, including some high profile individuals. Particular focus on resolving disputes in a conciliatory way in the best interests of the families and children involved. Reported cases include McMinn v McMinn [2003] 2 FLR 823 and [2003] 2 FLR 839, D v D (Divorce: media presence) [2009] EWHC 946. Heads the Mills & Reeve family dispute resolution practice. · Mills & Reeve LLP

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Mills & Reeve lawyer based in England specialising in family and civil/commercial mediation, collaborative law, children and financial arbitration, and complex financial settlements on divorce. Focuses on conciliatory resolution in the best interests of families and children; reported cases include McMinn v McMinn [2003] and D v D (Divorce: media presence) [2009] EWHC 946.

Practice areas

FamilyMediationCollaborative LawArbitrationFamily / DivorceCivil & Commercial Mediation

Office

England

Mills & Reeve LLP · Area of practice includes family mediation; collaborative law; civil/commercial mediation; family court work. Alison is also a children and financial arbitrator. Types of work include complex financial settlements on divorce, wealth protection (including pre-and post-marital agreements), all issues mediation, advice in relation to disputes about children. Important cases include numerous confidential high-value divorce and pre-marital agreement cases involving individuals based in England & Wales and overseas. Increasing number of mediation cases, involving a wide range of clients, including some high profile individuals. Particular focus on resolving disputes in a conciliatory way in the best interests of the families and children involved. Reported cases include McMinn v McMinn [2003] 2 FLR 823 and [2003] 2 FLR 839, D v D (Divorce: media presence) [2009] EWHC 946. Heads the Mills & Reeve family dispute resolution practice.

England

Expertise

Complex financial settlements on divorceWealth protection and pre-/post-marital agreementsChildren disputes and direct consultation with children in mediationHigh-value and international divorce casesAll-issues family mediation

Education

  • Tiverton School
  • University of Manchester — LLB (1993) 2:1
  • Manchester Metropolitan University — LPC (1994) (Commendation)
  • University of Manchester — Post-Graduate Diploma in Counselling (2003)
  • Trained collaborative family lawyer (2007)
  • CEDR Accredited Civil/Commercial Mediator (2009)
  • Resolution trained family mediator (2010)
  • Qualified to consult directly with children in mediation (2011)

Admissions

  • Qualified (1997) (qualified as a solicitor)
  • Children and financial arbitrator
  • CEDR Accredited Civil/Commercial Mediator (2009)
  • Resolution trained family mediator (2010)
  • Ministry of Justice provider of MIAMs