In Family Law and Divorce, we take the view that the first priority, where children are involved, is to take steps to resolve any issues around the children.  This is to ensure that the children are kept out of the court process as much as possible.  We believe that marriage breakdown is a significant life event that can involve very serious stress.  This means that you need to takes steps to manage this stress.  You need to put supports in place to help you in a good place to make the necessary decisions . When you are ready,  we then move to financial issues that need to be supported by full disclosure and an open-minded approach to making sure that both parties are properly provided for.  We favour mediation over litigation and discussion over argument.  But when all this has been tried and failed we are more than prepared to pursue our client’s interests within the Court system in order to achieve proper provision.