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As part of Resolution's Code of Practice members are asked to use the Good Practice Guides as part of their day to day work. These represent Resolution's core values and are designed to offer knowledge and guidance to our members.
The Review is Resolution's bi-monthly magazine for members. Publishing six times a year with a mix of features, law and practice and news from the regions.
As with most areas of contentious law, having to instruct a criminal or family lawyer is seldom a happy process for the client. Unfortunately, the nature of relationship breakdown means that all too often family proceedings result in the need for criminal advice.
Resolution Together is a way of working that allows lawyers to work with and advise couples jointly, including providing appropriate legal advice, through a divorce or separation.
Find resources on mediation, collaborative practice, arbitration and more.
Surrogacy is an area of family law that is on the rise and many practitioners all over the country are being asked to give advice. While there are surrogacy lawyers who specialise in this work, all of us should be equipped to deal with a surrogacy enquiry and to refer on where necessary.
In particular, it is important to note that the Law Commission of England and Wales, jointly with the Law Commission of Scotland, prepared a report (dated 29 March 2023) and draft legislation to outline a proposed reform to the current regulatory regime.
Welcome to your June 2024 edition of the Legal Aid newsletter from Resolution.
Family proceedings (whether through NCDR or court-based) should be conducted cost effectively without compromising the quality of advice that clients crave and deserve, balancing the benefits of any steps taken against the likely costs – financial or emotional. Many family cases are now concluded without the involvement of barristers. However, certain clients will benefit from representation by an effective team of lawyer and barrister in order to achieve an appropriate balance between cost and quality. This guidance note offers advice on best practice for family law professionals when working with a barrister.
Welcome to your May 2024 edition of the Legal Aid newsletter from Resolution.
Welcome to your April 2024 edition of the Legal Aid newsletter from Resolution.
Welcome to your March 2024 edition of the Legal Aid newsletter from Resolution.
Resolution’s response to the Ministry of Justice Review of Civil Legal Aid.
Welcome to your February 2024 edition of the Legal Aid newsletter from Resolution.
Social media can be a useful tool for family solicitors to connect with the public and other professionals, publicise campaigns, raise the profile of members and communicate about the work we do. As it can potentially reach a wide audience, we must be careful about how our use of social media impacts on our client-related work.
In reality all family law clients should be considered as vulnerable, they are usually in a state of heightened emotion when they first meet with their lawyer, and we are usually asking them to explain very personal and upsetting matters with someone they have not met before. There are of course very different degrees of vulnerability and how best to support and assist our clients can be an area of concern and confusion, particularly to less experienced practitioners. This guide is designed to set out some best practice guidance on working together with vulnerable clients.
Welcome to your January 2024 edition of the Legal Aid newsletter from Resolution. We wish all our readers a happy New Year!
Resolution’s response to the Ministry of Justice's consultation seeking views on a proposal to deliver increases to selected court and tribunal fees, to partially reflect changes in the general level of prices.
Welcome to your December 2023 edition of the Legal Aid newsletter from Resolution.
Resolution’s response to the recommendations for best practice in respect of the Adoption Interim report of the Adoption Sub-Group of the Public Law Working Group
Welcome to your November 2023 edition of the Legal Aid newsletter from Resolution.
Resolution’s response to the Family Justice Council.
Welcome to your October 2023 edition of the Legal Aid newsletter from Resolution.
The introduction, development and evolution of new methods of resolving family disputes for changing families means there is a need for us all to look at how we communicate as members of Resolution; with our clients, with other members, with our clients’ former partners if they are not represented by a lawyer, with other members of our clients’ families, with other non-member lawyers, barristers, judges, mediators and arbitrators and more widely within the family justice system. Poor communication accounts for the largest number of complaints received by Resolution.