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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.
One of the most important aspects of a family lawyer's job is to draft documents on behalf of clients. The documentation can take many different forms and it is often these documents that are pivotal in resolving disputes between parties, whether at a court hearing or in negotiations.
The Guides to Good Practice build on the Code of Practice by developing the ethos behind it into areas of practice. This guide focuses on referrals to contact centres and the best practice needed in these cases.
Welcome to your November edition of the Legal Aid newsletter from Resolution.
Resolution is committed to embracing and adopting an anti-racism approach and a commitment to being an anti-racist organisation.
The object of all dispute resolution is to clarify facts and narrow issues. The use of experts may be considered in child-related situations, including proceedings. Those involved in assisting parties, including the court, may be helped by an expert’s findings in relation to injuries or medical complaints, psychological problems including attachments, or even how children have reacted in a supervised contact centre.
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.
Legal Aid Committee member Nicola Jones-King and legal aid consultant, Vicky Ling, share hints and tips about how to approach your next legal aid audit.
Resolution’s 6,500 members are family lawyers 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 and the best interests of any children in particular. We also campaign for better laws and better support and facilities for families and children undergoing family change.
Resolution’s response to the Family Procedure Rule Committee
This is the monthly legal aid briefing for Resolution members.
Resolution's Cohabitation Committee hosted a presentation that delved into the formation and breakdown of Muslim marriages, particularly for those couples who have not formally married, often unwittingly.
This is the monthly legal aid briefing for Resolution members.
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.
Around 1,500 of our members currently offer family, children and/or family mediation legal aid services.
Pride = Protest
Pride = An antidote to Shame
Pride = Party
June is ‘Pride month’ in the UK, with London Pride taking place on 2 July 2022. What is the point of Pride? It’s changed overtime, as the rights and experiences of LGBT people have evolved. From Protest to a Party.
Make no mistake, Gay Pride in its infancy was all about Protest.
Resolution’s 6,500 members are family lawyers, mediators, collaborative practitioners, arbitrators and other family justice professionals, committed to a non-adversarial approach to family law and the resolution of family disputes.
This is Resolution's response to the Archbishops’ Families and Households Commission
Resolution is committed to creating and maintaining a friendly, safe and inclusive environment, regardless of age, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, disability, physical appearance, religion or other status. We value the participation of each attendee and everyone involved in the event and want them to have an enjoyable and fulfilling experience. Accordingly, all attendees are expected to show respect and courtesy to other attendees and all participants throughout an event.
Listen to Resolution’s podcast, with guest experts discussing topical issues in Family Law, with our hosts Simon Blain and Anita Mehta.
This response has been prepared by members of Resolution’s Domestic Abuse, Children, and Legal Aid Committees, and Family Law Reform Group.
This is the The Resolution policy and procedure for members who wish to raise concerns about colleague members.
In this month's briefing for Legal Aid pracitioners we get an update on the Means Test Review, hear about a training event for practitioners who are new to CCMS, and we report on claims for translation costs that have been reduced on assessment by the LAA, plus much more.
