Lottie Leefe at the The Dura Society interviewed our co-founder Samantha Woodham about The Divorce Surgery, setting up a business and the future of Family Justice. When asked about what changes she wants to see to the legal system, Samantha said:
“I want it to become normal, and the default, for couples to work together through divorce. To share advisors and take unnecessary conflict out of the process. No fault divorce is a great start, but it’s only the tip of the iceberg. The issues most couples find the hardest to resolve are the arrangements for their children and the division of their finances. Divorce is hard, and involves two people who understandably will have different ideas about what the right outcome should be. This is a legal process and they will need legal advice. But we need to make the process for getting that legal advice as conflict-free and stress-free as possible. And for all but the most complex cases, that means encouraging couples to move away from an adversarial process to one which focusses on where they are aligned, and provides an expert and impartial answer where they are not.”
You can read the full interview here.
Thank you Lottie for a great chat. It’s always so inspiring and energising to speak to a fellow female entrepreneur.