What Do Family Lawyers Think About Divorce?
Family lawyers are often unfairly described as being in it for themselves. But you may well be surprised to know that most of them hate conflict, and would much rather settle a case than fight it.
In a survey of family law solicitors commissioned by Resolution last year, more than half (51%) of those surveyed said they had considered leaving the profession at some point in the last three years because of concerns about their wellbeing. At the time of the survey, 26% were actively considering leaving the profession.
Some of the reasons given were stress, long working hours and client expectations. So something isn’t working. The day-to-day reality for most family lawyers is that they are trapped in a default adversarial process which looks for areas of disagreement, not solutions. Most family lawyers enter the profession because they want to help people, but is the adversarial system stopping them doing so? We think so.
And we think the system as a whole needs a serious re-think about why we don’t start the process of divorce in a joint space, like we do, and then reserve the adversarial process for those cases where there is no other, better option.
If you have more questions about this topic or any other legal issues arising on divorce or separation, please do get in touch as we are always happy to help. You can call us on 0203 488 4475 or email contact@thedivorcesurgery.co.
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