Recommended book: A Client's Guide to Collaborative Divorce -Putting Your Family First  by Gillian Bishop, collaborative family lawyer at Family Law in Partnership - £4.00

“It is one of the most well written, comprehensive and effective communication tools about Collaborative Practice I have ever seen.”  Talia Katz, Executive Director, International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.

This guide is an invaluable resource for:

• People who are contemplating a divorce or separation and genuinely want to find a way of resolving issues without involving the court. The guide will assist them in making the right choice for them.
• People who are already using the collaborative approach for resolving these issues - the guide will be a useful aide memoire for preparing the 4-way meetings.
• Collaboratively trained professionals - so that they know what their client's expectations of them are.

Containing case studies and quotations from people who have divorced collaboratively, the Guide sets out in clear and easily readable language:

• How the collaborative approach works in practice.
• The things you should ask yourself before choosing the collaborative option.
• The things you should ask your lawyer to be sure they are capable of working collaboratively with your partner’s lawyer.
• How to prepare for the collaborative meetings.
• How your lawyer should prepare for the collaborative meetings.
• How to involve other collaborative professionals such as accountants and child specialists.
• How to have collaborative conversations.

 It is probably best summed up as “communication not confrontation”.

 We made the right decision to deal with this collaboratively. I feel that, although separated, our family is still intact.

 This is so much better than anything our friends who have divorced in the traditional way have experienced.

The 44 page guide A Client's Guide to Collaborative Divorce is packed with useful resources including:

• FAQs.
• A sample participation agreement.
• Information about the emotional impact of separation and divorce on you and your family.
• A collaborative timeline. 

To buy A Client's Guide to Collaborative Divorce -Putting Your Family First - cost £5 (incl. p&p) - click here.

To find out more contact Gillian Bishop at Family Law in Partnership by e-mail

For more information about the collaborative divorce process click here.

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