All members of our Family Team are actively involved in the Collaborative Law practice.
Collaborative lawyers and their clients sign a contract and agree not to litigate or involve the court unnecessarily. Clients and their advisers attending meetings together, akin to mediation sessions - but with both clients and their lawyers present.
The key is to identify issues and solve problems. Once a settlement has been agreed, the lawyers make it binding in a Consent Order or Separation Agreement, if required. Success rates are high and we believe Collaborative Law is likely to become a welcome non-adversarial alternative to the usual litigation route for those families for whom Collaborative Law is suitable.
Our Family lawyers are trained in collaborative law and are members of the International Academy of Collaborative Practitioners. Each team member is also a member of Resolution, which represents specialist family lawyers. We have specialist family law accreditation from Resolution and from the Law Society's Family Panel.