MoJ urged to extend family mediation voucher scheme

Aleading family practitioner has called on the government to extend a voucher scheme designed to bolster the use of mediation to resolve family disputes away from court, after referrals nosedived following the 2013 legal aid cuts.

The Ministry of Justice introduced the £1m voucher scheme last March, and it was topped up with another £800,000 in August.

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