Mr Justice Peel Shines A Spotlight On Single Lawyer Models
Mr Justice Peel, High Court Judge of the Family Division and National Lead Judge of the Financial Remedy Court, recently published his ‘Year in Review’ in the Financial Remedies Journal. He specifically mentions the possibilities offered by Single Lawyer Models, such as the one we offer here at The Divorce Surgery:
“… I applaud fresh initiatives designed to explore ways of reducing litigation. The Single Lawyer Model, for example, has attracted much interest. The aim is to enable parties to engage jointly one lawyer whose instructions are to gather the relevant facts and disclosure, and make a considered recommendation. The advantages are two-fold: (1) it ordinarily takes place at a very early stage of proceedings, or even before issue; and (2) the joint instruction of a single lawyer removes the parties from the adversarial world of separately instructed legal representation. I am delighted that Resolution launched a model along these lines last summer, known as ‘Resolution Together’. It is one of a number of areas upon which the Ministry of Justice and the Family Procedure Rule Committee consulted earlier this year as part of an ongoing push to promote ADR. Other areas included enabling judges to mandate attendance at ADR (subject to exceptions such as where there is evidence of domestic abuse) and a change to the rules to include failure to attend ADR as a relevant factor when making costs orders.”
You can read the full article here: Financial Remedies Journal: The Financial Remedies Court: A Year in Review
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