In addition to English Ines speaks fluent Spanish.
Ines has a first class law degree and obtained a PhD in Jurisprudence from the London School of Economics.
She was a senior lecturer in family law and jurisprudence at the London Metropolitan University.
She has a certificate in counselling skills and attitudes from the Westminster Pastoral Foundation.
Ines trained as a mediator at the Institute of Family Therapy in 1985 and since then has practised as a mediator at four different services. She is accredited as a mediator by National Family Mediation, the Family Mediators Association, and the Legal Services Commission. She has extensive experience in mediating in all types of family disputes, including property and finance.
Ines is also a Professional Practice Consultant for all the Family Mediation Council approved training bodies and for the Legal Services Commission. She is a member of the Family Mediators Association, and Resolution.
She has done research in legal philosophy and family law and had articles published on contact with children, shared residence, child abuse, maintenance agreements and consent orders and other family matters.