Keep it in the family

Collaborative law is a fundamentally different way of helping families to resolve any kind of problem that may arise when a relationship ends. It is a legal process, devised by family lawyers and founded on common sense and mutual respect. It aims to minimise conflict and uncertainty, and maximise fairness and co-operation. It originated from a sense of frustration with the traditional adversarial process of resolving family legal disputes, which often involves the opposing lawyers locked in pitched battle, each trying to 'win' the case for their client. Often, at the end of such a case, ne...