Full legal representation in connection with all aspects of marriage, Civil Partnership or other family relationship breakdown. Compensating for the emotional disadvantage that the client may have in dealing with financial, property and pension issues that they may not even understand, let alone get to grips with.
We stress the importance of preserving good relations wherever possible between the couple concerned, essential where there are children of the family. David, himself a member of Resolution* also advises and represents members of the extended family over residence arrangements or contact with children. As a trained family mediator himself, he refers clients and their partners for mediation whenever appropriate to save time and expense for both.
This facility can be arranged a short notice.
We believe that family law disputes should be dealt with in a constructive way designed to preserve people’s dignity and to encourage agreements.
Members of Resolution are required to:
- Conduct matters in a constructive and non-confrontational way
- Avoid use of inflammatory language both written and spoken
- Retain professional objectivity and respect for everyone involved
- Take into account the long term consequences of actions and communications as well as the short term implications
- Encourage clients to put the best interests of the children first
- Emphasise to clients the importance of being open and honest in all dealings
- Make clients aware of the benefits of behaving in a civilised way
- Keep financial and children issues separate
- Ensure that consideration is given to balancing the benefits of any steps against the likely costs – financial or emotional
- Inform clients of the options e.g. counselling, family therapy, round table negotiations, mediation, collaborative law and court proceedings
- Abide by the Resolution Guides to Good Practice
* Membership of Resolution commits family lawyers to resolving disputes in a non-confrontational way. |
