Family lawyers’ group Resolution has launched a revised code of practice for its 6,500 members, timed to coincide with the group’s Good Divorce Week 2016.
The revised code promises to “reduce or manage any conflict and confrontation; for example, by not using inflammatory language”, to act with “honesty, integrity and objectivity”, and to help clients understand and manage the potential long-term financial and emotional consequences of decisions”.
Nigel Shepherd, Chair of Resolution, said: “When we first began in the 1980s, the world of family justice was very different. If you were getting divorced, you almost always ended up in court, and it was invariably acrimonious.
“Now the environment in which we all work is changing beyond recognition and our code needed to be updated in order to reflect the way in which all our members support people. I’m proud of the way our members have come together to draft and launch this new Code, which for the first time now also explains to the public how the Code helps them.
“It has also been written to reflect the changing face of our organisation. Although we started as a membership organisation primarily for family lawyers, we’re now proud to have family mediators, financial planners, counsellors and family therapists among our ranks.”
The revised code promises to “reduce or manage any conflict and confrontation; for example, by not using inflammatory language”, to act with “honesty, integrity and objectivity”, and to help clients understand and manage the potential long-term financial and emotional consequences of decisions”
