Breaking up is hard to do and, no matter how the breakup arises, litigation over the terms of the separation will make things even more difficult. Sir Paul McCartney’s divorce from Heather Mills demonstrates the most extreme example of an acrimonious break-up. However, the publicity this and other high-profile divorces have received obscures the fact that, throughout the country, family lawyers and separating couples are striving to reduce acrimony in divorce.
The recent launch of the Central London Collaborative Forum should serve to rebut the notion that family lawyers, who have historically acted in high-profile and high net-worth cases, are wedded to an adversarial approach that can all too often damage families.
