GARDNER WILDBLOOD
The alternative to litigation for families
“Because litigation
should be the last resort”
- Stephen Wildblood KC
families must be supported
Stephen Wildblood KC and Dr Freda Gardner are both firmly of the opinion that families must be supported to avoid destructive and expensive adversarial litigation. They believe that litigation in the Family court should be considered only as a last resort.
Far too many families enter into litigation, thinking that ‘right’ (as they perceive it) will prevail and have little understanding of the procedures or the emotional and financial impact of what they are about to do.
It is only after entering into proceedings that they realise litigation has pushed them even further apart, and has caused harm to all of the family.
Stephen and Freda will work together with families to help them find an effective alternative to the distress and expense of adversarial family litigation. They bring together over 40 years of experience as a family barrister, KC and Judge, and over 25 years’ experience as a clinical psychologist and expert witness. Their work will involve them meeting with families to help achieve effective and enduring family outcomes.
Stephen and Freda work across the full spectrum of family issues, including those related to children, finances, and relationships.
With their joint experience, they are able to work with families in a way that respects all family members, the need to preserve family finances and the need to move beyond the process of separation.
“WE COULDN’T HAVE GOT THROUGH THIS WITHOUT FREDA. HOWEVER HARD THINGS GOT, I KNEW SHE PUT OUR CHILDREN FIRST.”
-JA. A parent who had been through the resolution process.
services Offered
Mediation and facilitated discussions
Support with child arrangements and financial matters
Guidance through separation in a way that prioritises the well-being of all family members, especially children
Finding a way forward
We know that separations that end up in Court are distressing, expensive, and painful.
We also know that it is difficult to recover and to parent children together after such an adversarial and lengthy Court process.
A different way, a better way
In their many years work with families stuck in this process, Dr Freda Gardner and Stephen Wildblood KC have seen at first hand the enormous impact that such proceedings have had on children and their futures.
Gardner Wildblood offer a family-led, collaborative and cost-effective alternative to lengthy and painful litigation.
Through sensitive, thoughtful, effective work, families can find a way forward, emotionally and financially, where every member of the family can move on and thrive.
Stephen Wildblood KC and Dr Freda Gardner bring decades of expertise from very different fields, combining them to offer truly effective help to move forward after separation.