A better divorce?

Collaborative Law

24th January 2011 saw the start of Collaborative Week 2011, an initiative by collaborative family law practitioners to raise awareness of collaborative law in the UK.

Collaborative family law is a fairly new process on offer to separating couples, which aims to allow them to sort out their differences more amicably and less confrontationally in a series of meetings with the separating couple and their lawyers - and without the need to go to court.

To mark the launch of Collaborative Week 2011, family consultants and financial planners in the Bath and North East Somerset area have come together to raise awareness of collaborative law.

A photo and video shoot took place in the middle of Bath’s prestigious Queen Square, where the practitioners prepared a visual comparison between divorce by litigation and divorce by collaboration.

The promotion built on the Collaborative Week’s campaign image of frayed rope, ready to snap, with the message “Divorcing – Where Do You Go From Here?”. They have also produced a short video which shows how the tug of war of traditional litigation compares with the round table approach of collaborative law.

You can also find out more about collaborative law here: FDC Law : Collaborative Week 2011 where Marjorie Taylor and Andrea Boutcher, collaborative lawyers with FDC Law at our Midsomer Norton and Frome offices respectively, explain a little bit more about the promotional week and the service itself.