Being the male and feeling like my pants have been pulled down, this is a very one sided opinion, but…
We appointed James as a Mediator to help us come to an agreement we would both feel was fair. There were a couple of things discussed early in the sessions that seemed to be dismissed by James as the sessions progressed that I feel should have made a difference to the outcome. To me, it felt very one sided with James almost telling my ex what she was entitled to. When I said “just because you are entitled to something doesn’t mean you have to take it, there needs to be some morale fairness” I felt dismissed and like my ex was very much being favoured.
I was initially happy to go with James as I first felt he would be very impartial, and although he was only using his professional knowledge of the system, it felt like nothing went in my favour at all as the male.
I would say on the positive, James was fair and reasonable with his charges.