Whether you're a trainee, newly qualified solicitor or simply looking to strengthen your child-focused practice, Parenting Through Separation offers practical insights to support your work. From understanding children's experiences of separation to navigating difficult conversations with parents, the guide can help you develop the confidence and skills needed to better support families
"Family law is uniquely human. We advise people during the most vulnerable and emotionally complex periods of their lives. To do that effectively, the profession benefits from lawyers who bring varied life experiences, perspectives and different forms of emotional intelligence to the table." Social mobility transformed Yanoulla Kakoulli’s career. In this personal blog, she reflects on the role of scholarships, mentoring and opportunity in opening doors to the legal profession, the challenges of imposter syndrome, and why family law benefits from practitioners with diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.
A recent Court of Appeal decision has provided important clarification on the relationship between paternity and parental responsibility. Re J, Re M and Re P considers what happens when a man registered on a child’s birth certificate is later found not to be the biological father, and explores the legal and practical implications for parental responsibility, social parenting and international child abduction cases.
Why can two pensions with the same value lead to completely different retirements? Petra Spirkova financial adviser answers a common question from family lawyers and explains why CETVs rarely tell the whole story, particularly where defined benefit pensions, public sector schemes and offsetting are involved.
Family lawyers are increasingly meeting clients who arrive ‘pre-advised’ by TikTok, Instagram and AI platforms such as ChatGPT. While online legal content can improve public understanding and access to information, it also raises challenges around misinformation, unrealistic expectations and confidentiality. Amber Gregory explores how Resolution members can respond constructively and consider how these new forms of communication might also be used positively within family practice.
We ask clients to communicate constructively, but are we always modelling that ourselves? Louise Hardy reflects on difficult correspondence, emotional reactions, client pressure and how Resolution members can help reduce, rather than inflame, conflict.
In our second blog post reflecting on the impact of the Mazur judgment, former Resolution chair Juliet Harvey considers the wider impact on Chartered Legal Executives, firms and the profession — and why support and understanding still matter.
After 35 years in practice, Rita Veitch suddenly found herself unable to carry out the work she had done for decades. In this honest and personal reflection on the Mazur judgment, she shares the stress, self-doubt and disruption that followed – and how regaining her Practice Rights ultimately restored her confidence.
At the Resolution DR conference in March 2026, Rebecca Christie and Professor Susan Golombok explored the exhibition "Real Families: Stories of Change", examining how family structures have evolved over the past 50 years. Drawing on decades of research and powerful artistic representation, the exhibition challenges assumptions about what defines a family and highlights the diverse realities family lawyers encounter in practice.
As litigants in person become an increasingly common feature of family proceedings, understanding their experiences is essential for all practitioners. In this blog, Sapna Shah – a barrister undertaking direct access work and a highly valued member of Resolution’s LiPs Committee – brings both professional and practical insight to her review of Jessica Mant’s Litigants in Person and the Family Justice System. For Resolution members, it underscores the importance of empathy and accessibility, and how this work underpins the Code of Practice in supporting fair and effective outcomes.