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New Bristol group promotes out-of-court family dispute resolution
Bristol Family Law Solutions hosted its launch event on January 28, attended by around 40 to 50 people, including the local designated family judge for Bristol, judge Stephanie Cope, and the president and vice president of Bristol Law Society.
The organisation replaces the former Bristol Collaborative Law Pod and brings together professionals who help separated or separating couples resolve issues arising from their separation.
This may relate to financial arrangements, arrangements for children, or both. Members include trained collaborative family lawyers, mediators, arbitrators, financial consultants, family therapists, counsellors and divorce coaches.
The group aims to encourage clients going through separation or divorce to resolve matters out of court, by agreement and with professional support where possible, while raising wider awareness that this approach can often be the most constructive option.
Family partner at Barcan+Kirby, Chris Miller, who has been involved with Bristol Family Law Solutions since before the launch, said:
“I attended the official launch of Bristol Family Law Solutions with my colleagues, Tom Powles and Gareth Hughes.
“By working together with professionals who are committed to this approach, we can help couples to minimise the areas of dispute and to focus on the relevant issues with a view to achieving an outcome that is best for the family as a whole, particularly where there are young children involved, maintaining some dignity and control over the outcome rather than delegating the final decisions to a judge or a court who may know little about the family background and the issues which are important to them.”
Main photo: John McMahon/Unsplash/BFLS
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