Collaborative Law is an innovative and new way of dealing with family disputes. In a nutshell, it is a process involving trained collaborative law solicitors who encourage couples to reach amicable solutions through effective and managed communication to enable them and any children with the best chance of building a brighter future. It is a non-confrontational approach to resolving family breakdown issues including care of the children and family finances and whilst it is not suitable in every situation, has many advantages over the traditional approach in that it can be less expensive, far quicker and empowers the couple with ownership and control over the entire process.

Each party appoints their own collaboratively trained solicitor who unlike the traditional method will arrange ‘round table’ or ‘four way’ meetings where both the solicitors and the couple will work together, face to face to achieve the best possible solution.