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Denise Carter OBE
Consultant and Head of Mediation Services
Email: denise.carter@iflg.uk.com
Telephone: + 44 (0) 20 3178 5668
Fax: +44 (0) 20 3178 5669
Denise Carter OBE is a Mediator and Head of Mediation Services at iFLG.
For the past 17 years, Denise has been the Director of reunite International Child Abduction Centre, the world’s leading non governmental organisation looking after the interests of abducted children and lobbying for improved changes in law and practice internationally
In 2000 she received an OBE for her dedication to the cause of international parental child abduction through her work with the charity
Denise is a highly experienced and hugely respected Mediator in international child disputes and particularly in the areas of parental child abduction and child relocation, covering both Hague and Non Hague States. She has worked with many of the world’s leading children law specialists including lawyers, judges and other mediators
In recent years, she has been highly innovative in the development of mediation in high conflict family cases. She has led the very successful pilot project creating a model for mediation in child abduction cases simultaneous with court proceedings. Denise has mediated successfully a number of high profile cases.
Denise has been accredited by the Legal Services Commission and can mediate in respect of publicly funded child abduction cases. As a private mediator, she is able to mediate or co-mediate in England and abroad using IT facilities to enable the mediation to continue even if one parent is abroad.
Denise continues to be an independent expert to the Hague Conference working alongside Professor William Duncan, Deputy Secretary General, and other world leading experts. She has prepared reports, undertaken research and made representations to UK and other government departments, judges and family law experts, nationally and internationally in respect of international child issues.
She has been invited to speak by governments and international non government agencies in many countries around the world. She has had particular involvement in building up protocols and inter-country arrangements for the return of abducted children with Pakistan, Egypt and other countries in the Middle East
In December 2011, Denise was one of the first mediators in the country to qualify as a Direct Consultant with Children. She can therefore meet directly with children so they may express their views in respect of the separation process of their parents and issues concerning contact and residence. Denise can bring this into her own mediations or otherwise feed back to the parents and the mediator during the mediation process itself. Denise has enhanced CRB clearance
Denise is often the first port of call for comment on international children cases by both national and international radio and television.
Denise heads the iFLG Mediation Services team which offers family dispute resolution services in mediation, early neutral evaluation, arbitration, collaborative law and out of court settlements.
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