A colleague recently sent me this article on the use of one lawyer when separating. As a solicitor authorised to represent both parties for a divorce, it's interesting to read the perspective of someone who has gone through the whole process using such a way of working. 

Whilst you can sense the sadness in the article, it definitely highlights the benefits of the one-lawyer approach - swapping what could be an acrimonious, (costly) and adversarial court battle with an admittedly cold and dispiriting, but much less painful (and cost-effective) approach. 

I particularly note the aspiration by the author that notwithstanding the divorce that she and her ex-husband can remain 'friends'. Whilst this is not always possible, I think the aspiration, where there are children in the family is a positive one. If the one-lawyer approach can help this, it certainly shows, as Resolution (the membership organisation for family lawyers) like to say, there certainly is ‘a better way’!