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Cohabiting couples currently have little legal protection when they separate. A legal framework of rights and responsibilities when couples (not married or civil partnered) who live together split up is needed to provide some legal protection and secure fair outcomes at the time of a couple’s separation.

Resolution’s 6,500 members are family lawyers, mediators and other family justice professionals, committed to a non-adversarial approach to family law and the resolution of family disputes.

Resolution members abide by a Code of Practice which emphasises a constructive and collaborative approach to family problems and encourages solutions that take into account the needs of the whole family, particularly the best interests of any children.

We also campaign for better laws and better support and facilities for families and children undergoing family change.

Our current records indicate that 684 of our members are mediators with 285 of those offering legal aid family mediation services.

Resolution’s 6,500 members are family lawyers, mediators and other family justice professionals, committed to a non-adversarial approach to family law and the resolution of family disputes.

Resolution members abide by a Code of Practice which emphasises a constructive and collaborative approach to family problems and encourages solutions that take into account the needs of the whole family, particularly the best interests of any children.

We also campaign for better laws and better support and facilities for families and children undergoing family change.

Resolution’s response to the Ministry of Justice

Resolution is an organisation of 6,500 family lawyers and other family justice professionals in England and Wales, who believe in a constructive, non-confrontational approach to family law matters. Resolution also campaigns for better laws and better support for families and children undergoing family change.

Over 1,500 of our members currently offer family, children and/or family mediation legal aid services.

Resolution’s views on the amended FRC Good Practice Protocol are set out below. We have no specific comments on the Overall structure and Lead Judge document.

Draft changes to the Family Procedure Rules arising from planned implementation of the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020.

Resolution’s response to the Family Procedure Rule Committee.

Resolution’s 6,500 members are family lawyers, mediators and other family justice professionals, committed to a non-adversarial approach to family law and the resolution of family disputes.

Our response has been prepared by members of Resolution’s Cohabitation and International Committees.

This paper sets out the responses of Resolution’s Regional Liaison Committee and Litigants in Person Committee.

Resolution is an organisation of 6,500 family lawyers and other family justice professionals in England and Wales, who believe in a constructive, non-confrontational approach to family law matters. Resolution also campaigns for better laws and better support for families and children undergoing family change.  Our members, and the couples and families they work with, are regular users of the family courts.

Resolution’s 6,500 members are family lawyers, mediators and other family justice professionals, committed to a non-adversarial approach to family law and the resolution of family disputes.

Our response has been prepared by members of Resolution’s Property, Tax and Pensions Committee who deal with divorce and financial remedy applications on a regular basis.

Resolution’s 6,500 members are family lawyers and other family justice professionals committed to a non-confrontational approach to family law and the resolution of family disputes.

Many of our members act on behalf of clients in relation to separation and financial applications relating to divorce on a daily basis, sometimes supported by other professionals providing expert financial advice.

Our response has been prepared with grateful thanks to Rebecca Fisher of Russell Cooke, an expert tax lawyer member of Resolution’s Pensions, Tax and Financial Remedies Committee, and Roger Isaacs of Milsted Langdon who regularly provides expert accountancy evidence in family proceedings.

Resolution’s response to the Domestic Abuse Working Group of the Family Justice Council.

Resolution has published its response to the President of the Family Division's report on medical expert witnesses in the family courts.

Resolution's response to the Law Commissions consultation - Building families through surrogacy: A new law.

Family Procedure Rules 2010 - Consultation in relation to the treatment of Calderbank offers when determining issues relating to costs: Resolution’s response to the Family Procedure Rule Committee    

This response has been prepared by members of Resolution’s Children and Legal Aid Committees made up of local authority lawyers, lawyers acting for parents and those acting for children on a day to day basis. 

A review of the Child Arrangements Programme PD 12B: Report to the President of the Family Division by the Private Law Working Group

Resolution's Legal Aid Committee has prepared this response to the Legal Aid Agency on the amended costs assessment guidance.

Resolution's written evidence to the Economic Affairs Committee on the implications of abolishing the retail price index.

Resolution provided this written evidence to the Public Accounts Committee on the progress of the HMCTS Court Modernisation Programme.