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East Anglia has become the first place in the UK to embrace collaborative law

Collaborative law is a new type of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) used in divorce cases in place of the traditional court-based route. It was introduced to the country following discussions between Cambridge solicitor Rosemary Sands, a consultant at Marchant-Daisley, and collaborative lawyers in Canada three years ago. The approach has been particularly fast to take off in East Anglia, especially in Cambridge, where almost all family lawyers are trained in this method. The backbone of the collaborative law process is a series of four-way meetings, involving both parties and their legal representatives. There is a minimum of correspondence and no preparation

You may be splitting up, but things don’t have to fall apart

There is never going to be such a thing as 'a good divorce' but Suzanne, a 39-year old from East Anglia, reckons hers was 'probably as good as it gets'. Her decree nisi arrived two weeks ago and her main feelings were of relief and sadness in equal measures. 'My eight-year-old daughter asked me if we could watch our wedding video - she was 18 months old when we were married,' she says. 'I said "No" and tried to explain that it would make me a bit sad because on the day we got married I thought that we would

EON Capital eyes tie-ups with China, Mideast banks

EON Capital Bhd is it just a strategic tie-ups with a large bank in China, and another in the Middle East in the second half of this year, to ensure consistency with the platforms, press on the fast-growing markets. The entrance of Primus Pacific as a strategic partner of the investor capital EON early February is a boost for banks of the group to strengthen its presence in the local market, but also Malaysia on reports on partnerships. "The second half of the year is a very exciting period for EON Capital," Primus manager Ng Wing-Fai said, adding that negotiations

East Hampton Gays Declare a Victory

DEBRA LOBEL, a lawyer, and Beverly Dashevsky, a retired teacher and a literacy volunteer, have been life partners since 1958. In their wills they name each other as beneficiaries. They jointly own a house and an office building, both in East Hampton. And Ms. Lobel said that in case of serious illness, their families have agreed that each woman would be the sole decision maker for the other. Their deliberately interwoven finances were designed to secure rights they believe are theirs by virtue of their 44-year union but are not guaranteed by law to gay or lesbian couples, Ms. Lobel

Divorcing couples can work together to avoid a nasty fight

When Ken and Abbe Hitchcock decided to end their 18-year marriage, their priority was to spare their three children the nastiness and recriminations that often fly back and forth between a divorcing couple. "We did not want to get into a standard her-side vs. my-side argument," said Ken Hitchcock of McKinney, Texas, a vice president for an apartment development and construction company. "We did not want to be unusually cruel or draw any more pain and suffering to the situation than it already had." The emotionally wrenching experience associated with divorce has led some couples and their lawyers to adopt