Partner and Head of Family, Neil Russell, has been featured in the Financial Times responding to a reader’s question about the pros and cons of financial dispute resolution as a method for out-of-court divorce solution.
Neil highlights how “courts have become incredibly supportive of the use of private FDR appointments. The advantages include some opportunity to agree the selection of the judge and also the venue — usually the judge’s chambers or one of the parties’ solicitors’ offices. This ensures the judge and each party have their own room, and means the proceedings are conducted confidentially and respectfully towards the parties.”
However, as Neil explains, FDR appointments can be quite expensive, and there other methods for out-of-court solutions: “Others include roundtable meetings with solicitors and parties, without a judge, mediation — whether with the parties alone or with the mediator — and, increasingly, mediation with solicitors also in attendance.”
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