
code of practice

Managing the long-term financial and emotional consequences of decisions: Bridging the emotional gap
Managing the long-term financial and emotional consequences of decisions: Long-term but which term?

Managing the long-term financial and emotional consequences of decisions: Team Dynamic
The best long-term advice involves strategic thinking from a number of angles. Building teams can ensure that all the bases are covered
Just words? The importance of language in family law and why first impressions count

Year of the Code: Calming the storm – a YRes perspective
Year of the Code: How language can help parent focus on what really matters
Year of the Code: the changing role of the barrister

Year of the Code: A change for good

Code in Practice course 2025
Members of Resolution need to complete the Code in Practice course during their first year of membership. By doing this course, we believe that you will be a more effective professional, whether you are a family lawyer or another professional involved in the family justice system.

Good Practice Guide to Social Media
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.

Good Practice Guide to Working with Vulnerable Clients
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.
Let’s do better with letters!
The Code of Practice and recently updated Good Practice Guides help us put our values into action...
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Good Practice Guide to Communication
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.

Reflections on the Statement of Ethical Principles and Practice
This document is not an abstract set of ideals, but thoroughly rooted in the issues we and our clients face every day

Good Practice Guide to Correspondence
Written correspondence, such as emails or letters, is still the main method of communication in family disputes. The impact of letters and emails can be significant; therefore, consider who the recipient is and what you hope to achieve with the communication.

Guidance Note: Referrals to contact centres
The Guides to Good Practice build on the Code of Practice by developing the ethos behind it into ...
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Statement of Ethical Principles and Practice
When they join, members sign up to a Code of Practice. It is about the approach we take to our wo...
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Code in Practice course
Members of Resolution need to complete the Code in Practice course during their first year of membership. By doing this course, we believe that you will be a more effective professional, whether you are a family lawyer or another professional involved in the family justice system.

Our Code of Practice
Resolution's members follow a Code of Practice that promotes a constructive approach to family issues and considers the needs of the whole family.

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Code in Practice event
As part of the online Code in Practice course, for no additional cost you can attend a Code in Pr...
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Code in Practice event
As part of the online Code in Practice course, you can attend a Code in Practice event for free.<...
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Code in Practice event
You need to have enrolled in the online Code in Practice course, before you can attend a Code in ...
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Resolution’s Code of Practice
Resolution members commit to a Code of Practice that promotes a constructive approach to family issues and considers the needs of the whole family, in particular the best interests of children.

Elaine Richardson honoured with prestigious John Cornwell Award
Family solicitor and mediator Elaine Richardson has received the 2019 John Cornwell Award.