Lunch & Learn Sessions 2025
Introducing Resolution’s Lunch & Learn sessions, our bitesize training
To celebrate the Year of the Code, we have launched Lunch & Learn sessions, our brand new bitesize training, that puts elements of our Code of Practice front and centre.
Whether you’re seeking to acquire new skills or refresh existing ones, our courses cover topics from language to consent orders, delivered to you in an informative and effective form of online learning.
These courses bring together small groups for a dynamic, innovative learning experience that’s guaranteed to stick.
If you sign-up to our first three Lunch & Learn sessions before 15th January, you will receive a 10% discount Just quote the code bitesize10
Session 1 – It’s not just sticks and stones that hurt – why language matters
Juliet Harvey
Wednesday 29 January 2025, 12.30 – 13.30pm
Ever had a letter from an opponent, or litigant in person that filled you with dread, made you feel sick or worried about sending it to your client?
This interactive session will look at effective ways to get you and your client’s view across without descending into playground tactics. We will review the code and Resolution resources on communications, including dealing with litigants in person. We will also consider what you, or you client can do, when faced with non-code compliant correspondence or behaviour…
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Session 2 – Consent orders – tips and tricks for the draftsperson
Peter Burgess
Wednesday 26 February 2025, 12:30pm – 13:30pm
This one-hour session will look at some of the typical practice points on drafting consent orders, using the President’s Standard Orders.
We will look at some common recitals, undertakings and orders and where things can go wrong (and right)…
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Session 3 – Arbitration – What’s it all about?
Nadia Beckett
Wednesday 26 March 2025, 12:30pm – 13:30pm
Family law arbitration has developed to include the resolution of disputes concerning children in addition to established areas of matrimonial finance, cohabitation and property disputes, as well as finances for children and disputed will and estate claims…
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Session 4 – Honesty, integrity and objectivity when working with Litigants in Person
Sapna Shah
Wednesday 30 April, 12.30 – 13.30pm
This session, lead by 33 Bedford Row family barrister Sapna Shah, will help you understand the essence of Resolution’s Code of Practice when working with Litigants in Person. Sapna will take you through the emotional and practical challenges faced by LiPs and provide strategies for improved collaboration.
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Session 5 – Express Financial Remedy Procedure Pilot
HHJ Stuart Farquhar, Sam Hillas KC and Graeme Fraser
Wednesday 28 May, 12.30 – 13.30pm
This one-hour session will look at the Express Financial Remedy Procedure Pilot which came into force on 7 April 2025: considering the policy arguments in favour of the pilot; a step-by-step explanation of how it will work in practice; and sharing any early observations on the operation of the pilot.
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Session 6 – Skills for dealing with difficult clients
Angela Lake-Carroll
Wednesday 25 June, 12.30 – 13.30pm
It is always disappointing and frustrating when despite your best efforts, clients behave in challenging and demanding ways. This session will focus on:
- Knowledge of what drives difficult behaviours
- Skills for recognising and navigating high conflict, poor engagement and manipulative behaviours
- Maintaining your professional boundary and focus even in the most challenging situations’
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Session 7 – Pathfinder… A new way of working
Angela Killa and Gareth Evans
Wednesday 30 July, 12.30 – 13.30pm
A step-by-step explanation of the Pathfinder Pilot with top tips for practitioners. We will look at the evolution of Pathfinder and the process from issue to final order. Pre-application considerations including NCDR; tips for when you are completing the application forms; an explanation of the ‘Problem Solving Approach’; hearings and how they differ to CAP; Enforcement Applications under Pathfinder; Pros and Cons of Pathfinder.
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Session 8 – Improving your Section 25 statements, ES1 and ES2
Gwynfor Evans
Wednesday 24 September, 12.30 – 13.30pm
Gwynfor Evans will offer guidance on best practice for preparation of concise but structured and impactful witness statements and court documentation. If you panic when asked to draft a s 25 statement, then this lunch and learn session will provide you with the tools to prepare and present a punchy and well-organised document. Gwynfor will also provide solutions to common errors, formula and formatting annoyances on the ES2, and will answer all of your Excel questions, drawing upon his 33-year experience with Excel. Further, if you struggle with words to populate the bullet points on the ES1, then Gwynfor will also help you to organise and structure your thoughts and words on that key court “case overview” document.
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Session 9- Drafting considerations in domestic abuse cases and/or high conflict cases
Sarah Archibald, Andy Campbell and Olive Craig
Wednesday 29 October, 12.30 – 13.30pm
Can a financial or children order ever be watertight and protect survivors of domestic abuse from the risk of further harm? Sadly not. But the Domestic Abuse Committee, working closely with the Drafting and Children Commitees, has provided two checklists designed to strengthen these orders. These checklists highlight key drafting considerations in cases with domestic abuse allegations or high levels of conflict. Join Olive, Andy and Sarah who will be unpacking and bringing to life these tools whilst providing practical insights through case studies to help you make your orders as robust and protective as possible.
Session 10- A whistle stop tour of all things nuptial
Margaret Kelly-Edwards
Wednesday 26 November, 12.30 – 13.30pm
Join Margaret Kelly-Edwards for a whistle stop tour of nuptial (pre and post) agreements.
She will cover the history, who might want a nuptial agreement and why, what you need to consider and cover when drafting and advising on an agreement. What you need to be aware of if the marriage breaks down. When and why a court might go behind the agreement.
We know that time is precious for our members which is why our bitesize training sessions are provide you with useful concepts and actionable advice, carefully squeezed into the length of a long lunch, fitting neatly into everyone’s working day.
Science shows that we are more likely to retain information when it’s presented in small chunks, and our bitesize training courses have been carefully crafted by our faculty experts.
Delivered virtually to your desk – or dinner table – by our experienced trainers, every session is packed with the latest best practices and trusted frameworks that get people thinking differently on the key topics shaping the future of our profession.