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HH Martin Dancey has recently retired as Designated Family Judge for Dorset after 23 years on the Bench. He was also a member of the Private Law Working Group and the Family Solutions Group and has been closely involved in developing the private law reforms pilot that has recently launched in Dorset and North Wales.

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Jane Robey has been Chief Executive Officer of National Family Mediation (NFM) since 2004. Before becoming CEO Jane was a practicing accredited NFM family mediator, Professional Practice Consultant and NFM service manager. She trained as a family mediator in 1996. Jane qualified as a probation officer in 1984 and for 20 years worked in probation, family court welfare, Cafcass and in child protection social work.
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