Resolution Together
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.
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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.
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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.
Family courts in England and Wales are increasingly dealing with international family law cases – much more so than even just a few years ago – indeed there is every likelihood that Brexit will increase the amount of litigation in England and Wales.
This interactive and thought-provoking workshop was run by Jacinta Gallant and Jo O’Sullivan. It started off with music to get everybody moving and get our brains into gear on a Monday afternoon.
Friday’s National Conference offerings included a presentation by Alan Larkin, “Only Connect: Staying relevant in a digital world”. I had not encountered Alan before. I came to realise he is an incredible but humble innovator. Somebody needs to publicise his contribution to our community.
I was delighted to have been able to attend so many great sessions during the week of Resolution’s National Conference this year. As an enthusiastic collaborative practitioner and arbitrator, I was keen to sign up to the session on the new collaborative participation agreement, hosted by Angela Lake-Carroll and Adele Ballantyne.
As family lawyers, we are used to referring parties to mediation, but it is rare for us to have insight into what actually goes on at those sessions and the importance of the conversations that take place there. Mary Raymont and Margaret Kelly-Edwards took the participants of this workshop, “The role of the lawyer in the mediation process”, swiftly into the world of role play, only too familiar to those who are qualified as mediators.
A divorce coach and family lawyer explain how working together can help our clients separate out emotions from decisions.
Reflective practice gives us time and space to understand how we are really feeling and how family law may be affecting our own wellbeing.
Every now and again there are moments in our journey as family lawyers which give pause and inspire us to re-examine the well-trodden path we have become so familiar with. As Resolution members, we are all well-versed in the range of non-court processes available to separating families (never more beautifully summarised than in Angela Lake-Carroll’s “Staircase of Opportunities”) and we no doubt endeavour to provide an early steer to our clients on the options which may be best suited to their circumstances.
Family lawyers are always avidly aware that a successful FDR hearing, or at the very least a clear indication, can make or break a case. The indications are important to move the matter forward and limit unnecessary expenditure, but also to guide both the client and the practitioner as to the likely interpretation of the court regarding the issues in dispute.
Individual therapeutic support benefits family law professionals – which in turn helps clients.
This workshop was presented by Carmen O’Loughlin and Jovana Ugrinic from the Support Through Court (STC) charity (formerly PSU or Personal Support Unit). As co-chair of the Resolution Litigants in Person Committee, I had a keen interest in hearing more about the service.
Following the expert guidance of Karin Walker and Dr Supriya McKenna in this workshop, I can now identify cases which have the potential to keep me and other family practitioners awake at night where narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is an issue.
This year I was lucky enough to be able to attend my very first Resolution National Conference. As a new associate member and in the current online climate, I was very much keeping an open mind in relation to what to expect. I have to say that with each presentation the experience became more and more enjoyable; a very insightful week indeed.
In this workshop a panel of Alex Verdan QC, Charlotte Bradley and Dr Mark Berelowitz, chaired by Simon Blain, provided a fascinating and extremely useful insight into high-conflict parental disputes from their wide-ranging perspectives.
It’s a Friday at 5pm, you’re in the office (pre-pandemic), the phone rings and a client says their kids have been taken…
This was the scene set by Simon Craddock (Brethertons) and Laura Morley (4PB) to start off their workshop looking at emergency private children cases where one partner unilaterally removes the children.
Divorces with a foreign element continue to rise, and in uncertain economic times, locating and valuing assets can require specialist input.
The dynamic session on international cohabitation was a highlight of Resolution's National Conference. Chaired by Graeme Fraser of OGR Stock Denton LLP, chair of the Cohabitation Committee, the workshop consisted of a cross-border comparative exercise which was of great help to practitioners and those trying to push for legislative change in this mistreated area of the law.
The scheduling of “Conduct: Who’s to blame and who pays?” was timely, as attendees at the previous day’s Finance Update had overwhelmingly voted the “costs cases” of 2020 and 2021 as the most important judgments of the previous 12 months.
IC v RC [2020] clarifies the circumstances in which the court can use the slip rule to correct drafting errors.
The rarely used Thwaite jurisdiction offers an important alternative to Barder where a client seeks adjustment of a financial remedy order because subsequent events - such as the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic - render the original order unfair.
This workshop focused on the domestic law of marriage; the recognition of foreign marriages and divorces; and the possibility of making a Part III claim under the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (MFPA 1984). It was delivered by Tom Dance, Philip Marshall QC and James Roberts QC of 1KBW.