ALASTAIR LOGAN LL.B
MCFM
Alastair was admitted to practice as a Solicitor in 1968 having gained a degree in Law from University College, London in 1964. Throughout his practising life he has been involved in litigation and family law and a member of the Solicitors Family Law Association, the body which has promoted non-confrontational resolution of family disputes in the Courts, since it was founded. Since 1971 Alastair has practiced in Guildford where he has built up and managed a busy litigation practice.

Alastair has written and lectured extensively on legal and mediation issues in this country, Canada and in the United States.

Alastair and Pat are among the pioneers of Mediation services in this country. They are qualified trainers and supervisors, and have trained lawyers and other professionals as Mediators through their training company, LawWise Ltd.

Alastair is a founder member and the Chairman of the British Association of Lawyer Mediators and a Governor of the UK College of Family Mediators.

PATRICIA A. LOGAN MCFM
Pat trained as an accountant originally. She has wide commercial experience, including managing a chain of shops, and as a financial manager of businesses. She spent 10 years as a market research analyst, two of them with Tyne Tees Television where she was Market Research Manager. Her other experiences include being the Accommodation Officer for the University of Surrey, County Organiser for Surrey Young Farmers, and an infant school teacher.

For the last ten years, Pat has been Practice Manager for the Logan Partnership which involves managing a busy Solicitors office which has a franchise from the Legal Aid Board for Family work and Family Mediation. She has qualifications as a debt counsellor and welfare benefits advisor. She has been involved on a daily basis with the family law side of the practice particularly in connection with the restructuring of family finances as a consequence of divorce or separation.

Pat is a founder member and the Membership Secretary of the British Association of Lawyer Mediators.

Alastair and Pat trained as family mediators with John Haynes, who is generally recognised as the founder of family mediation and in advanced family mediation both here and in the USA. Alastair and Pat also trained as commercial mediators with the Centre for Dispute Resolution in London and with a JAMS/ Endispute, the largest providers of mediation in the USA, in Boston, Massachusetts.