Collaborative Practice Canberra
Testimonials
What clients say about Collaborative Law:
“I couldn’t believe it. I suppose the key is everyone’s open and looking for points of consensus. So the lawyers aren’t arguing they’re helping you understand what’s realistic and that hadn’t really happened before. It enabled both of us to see the other’s side and reach sensible compromise. What might have cost a fortune ended up being less than $3000.00 each.”
In addition to this the other party in this matter replied:
“I’m still really emotional about the break-up it’s been difficult, but this process helps remove that emotion from negotiations. We’d worked too hard for too long to blow our assets on lawyers. We’re both fair-minded people, we didn’t want to rip each other apart, so that helped. To be honest, I thought it would take a while but it was over after one meeting.”
“Many thanks for everything, the outcome for me was more than I’d hoped for!”
“I would like to thank you and your team for the advice and assistance given to me with the property settlement. It may have been more protracted than we expected, but I value the care that was taken to ensure a fair and dignified solution. In the end, the process was at least equally important to the result and I fear that this would only have been achieved with the collaborative approach.”
“Advice was good, articulated well and I was not pushed into taking a particular course of action. Thank you.”
“Not knowing the law too well I was treated with respect and in a friendly way. My case was set up and ready to proceed on time by the solicitor. It was above and beyond if necessary.”
What others have said:
Tanya Brass, Director of Mediation Relationships Australia Canberra & Region said “This is the way of the future. There is so much each profession can add to the other……without the threat of Court”
Juliette Ford, Partner at Farrar Gesini & Dunn said “Court is a thing of the past. Collaborative Practice is an innovative approach which ensures clients are able to make their own decisions about their family and assets with appropriate co-operative help from lawyers, counsellors, mediators and financial experts.”
Grant Slater, Managing Director at Bentleys Chartered Accountants said “Often business clients who I have looked after for many years separate and the process undoes all the effort of those years. This approach enables financial professionals to be involved at the ground level to continue to help the clients make sensible financial choices.”