Collaborative law is an alternative to mediation. It’s a legal process that allows couples who’ve decided to separate or end their marriage to work with a trained professional and avoids court proceedings to settle any disputes.

This voluntary process helps both couples achieve a fair settlement. It’s initiated by the couple signing a contract binding each other to the process and can be used to cover a wide range of disputes including between parents. It basically means…

We’re looking to recruit a legal secretary at our Eccleshall Office with previous experience in Residential/Commercial Conveyancing to support a busy and fast paced Conveyancing Department.

Applicants would ideally have the following skills, but not all the following are essential:

Experience of working as a Legal Secretary, preferably in Residential and Commercial Property
Competent touch typist/competent audio typist
IT literate with experience of the Microsoft Office suite of applications e.g. Word, Excel and Outlook
Excellent telephone…

Dispute resolution can be a helpful tool for a wide range of disputes including those involving landlord and tenant agreements, trusts, contentious probate, and contractual matters.

There are many ways that legal issues can be handled, and it can become very expensive to take disputes through a Court of Law. Dispute resolution is often used as a quicker, simpler approach to reaching an appropriate outcome.

Our Assistant Solicitor, Rhiannon Moody works in our Litigation Department focusing on dispute resolutions. Here…