FMC 10th Anniversary Conference: James and Evette Join Leading Voices on the Future of Family Mediation
The Family Mediation Council (FMC) marks its 10th anniversary with a conference focussed on ensuring the growth of the profession. Contributors from Family Law in Partnership join an exciting roster of industry voices who will consider key issues and opportunities in family mediation.
Senior Accredited Mediator and Director, James Pirrie will join the opening panel discussing the state of family mediation, alongside, Beverley Sayers, Rachael Blakey and Simon Bruce. James and his fellow panellists will reflect on the challenges overcome as well as the challenges and opportunities ahead, including consideration of mediation against the one-lawyer model, the subject of a report launched last week by Rachael and considered by James here. They will also:
- Consider how those needing support can access the service they need
- Reflect on the decline in access to justice as legal aid providers leave the market.
In addition, Evette Pottinger, Head of Marketing & Business Development will join Mike Mack, CEO of the Family Mediation Trust, to lead a workshop titled Starting with the Customer. Mike and Evette discuss ways of ensuring that the needs of the client come first and how this results in the best outcomes for families and mediators alike.
This year’s conference, Ensuring the growth of the profession, marks a decade of the FMC and takes place on:
📅 Friday 26 September 2025
🕙 10am – 4.30pm (Registration from 9.30am)
📍 The Minster Building, 21 Mincing Lane, London EC3R 7AG
🚇 Nearest Tube: Bank, Monument, Tower Hill
The programme will cover:
- The state of family mediation
- Being your best: the client experience
- Regulation and resources: a professional approach to meeting client needs
- Shaping the future together
👉For more information visit:
https://www.familymediationcouncil.org.uk/conference/
About James:
James first trained as a mediator in the late 1980s under Yvette Walczyk and within 40 years (via negotiating, litigating, collaborating, arbitrating, round-tabling, one-lawyering, parenting-after-parting-ing) the penny finally had finally dropped: that if you had to choose one, well mediation probably is the robust base-plate.
About Evette:
Evette specialises in brand and customer experience for service-based organisations. She combines a passion for helping people with practical experience spanning business management and operations, credit control, marketing, business development and client service for large and boutique law firms.