Venetia Tosswill

Venetia Tosswill is a fully trained and accredited family mediator working with separated and divorcing couples, as well as those already divorced. Her background is in law, having practiced as a solicitor with a firm of top London divorce lawyers where she worked on a wide variety of family issues with particular emphasis on resolving financial matters following divorce and applications concerning children. She has also spent over 10 years lecturing in Family Law at BPP University and continues to do so as a visiting lecturer.

Co-mediation

In mediation Devorah and Venetia work with clients to help them resolve the many issues that arise when a relationship breaks down. They are committed to helping families navigate the often difficult transitions that take place on separation.

We strongly believe that co-mediation is the best way to promote good communication and support families to make decisions about the future. Co-mediation involves two mediators working together with clients, each bringing different and complementary skills to the process. Our focus is on helping clients reach a settlement of the issues they encounter whilst recognising the need for co-operation as parents in the care and upbringing of children. Our approach is compassionate, constructive, and intuitive with an eye on the need for a sustainable and workable solution. Our aim is to help couples reach their own decisions for moving on, tailor-made by them for their family.

We offer families a professional and sensitive service, working alongside other professionals including legal advisers, as appropriate, to help couples to identify alternatives to going to court. We strongly believe that co-mediation is the best way to promote good communication and to support families making decisions about the future. Co-mediation involves two mediators working together to help each couple, ideally bringing different and complementary skills to the process.

Training, Membership and Code of Practice

Devorah and Venetia obtained their mediation training with and are members of the Family Mediation Association which is a membership organisation of the Family Mediation Council (FMC). Devorah is also a family mediation member of Resolution. They are both fully accredited by the FMC and as such are authorised to conduct MIAMs (Mediation Information and Assessment Meetings) and to sign court forms. They are also both accredited to meet with children during the mediation, known as Child Inclusive Mediation. They both work to the FMC Code of Practice 2018, the details of which can be found here.