Recent legislative changes in England and Wales have encouraged parents to agree child-focused arrangements on separation in mediation, aiming to reduce the role of the courts. This has limited children's ability to exercise their article 12 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) rights to information, consultation and representation when parents separate. Yet, children's voices may be heard directly through child-inclusive mediation (CIM) but it is not widespread and there are barriers to it…