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David Allison

David is a director at Family Law in Partnership who has specialised in family law for over 25 years. David's clients include business owners, entrepreneurs, bankers, other lawyers and their partners. The focus of David's practice is financial claims on divorce, particularly those with an international dimension, and the legal issues affecting cohabitants, same sex couples and civil partners. David settles the vast majority of his cases outside the court process but where cases have to go to court he is a determined and effective litigator. His goal is to achieve the best outcome for his client and to do so in a way that produces an efficient, fair and positive result. David is a trained mediator and has FMA senior mediator status. He is an experienced collaborative lawyer and is a Resolution collaborative specialist. David lectures, writes and broadcasts extensively on a wide range of family law matters including on issues affecting cohabitants and same sex couples. · Family Law in Partnership Ltd

EnglandFamily Law, Divorce / Financial Remedies

About

David is a director at Family Law in Partnership with over 25 years' experience specialising in family law, focusing on financial claims on divorce (particularly those with an international dimension) and the legal issues affecting cohabitants, same‑sex couples and civil partners; he settles the vast majority of cases outside court but is an effective litigator when litigation is required. He is a trained mediator with FMA Senior Mediator status, an experienced collaborative lawyer and a Resolution collaborative specialist, and he lectures, writes and broadcasts widely; he has held leadership roles in Resolution, the International Academy of Family Lawyers (chair of the LGBT committee), the ABA Family Law Committee (former vice‑chair) and the UK & Ireland LGBT Family Law Institute.

Practice areas

Family LawDivorce / Financial RemediesFamily LitigationMediationCollaborative LawLGBT Family LawInternational Family LawPrivate Client

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Expertise

Financial claims on divorceInternational family law / cross-border divorceCohabitant and unmarried couple disputesLGBT family law and same-sex couple issuesMediation and alternative dispute resolutionCollaborative lawClients: business owners, entrepreneurs, bankers and other professionals