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James Pirrie

James is a director at Family Law in Partnership. He specialises in complex financial issues arising from divorce and separation and non-adversarial and cost effective approaches to divorce including mediation, arbitration and collaborative law. James also has a strong track record of helping clients to achieve excellent outcomes in the Court system. James led Resolution's “Parenting after Parting” inititative to heighten lawyers' awareness of positive co-parenting. James is also the founder of Divorce Diaries, a collection of insights and experiences of former clients going through divorce or separation. He was one of the first lawyers to train as both a collaborative lawyer and a family arbitrator and James is qualified to arbitrate both financial disputes and children matters. As a trained mediator he is also qualified in the commercial model of mediation and direct child consultation. · Family Law in Partnership Ltd

EnglandFamily Law, Divorce

About

James is a director at Family Law in Partnership who specialises in complex financial issues arising from divorce and separation and in non‑adversarial, cost‑effective approaches including mediation, arbitration and collaborative law. He is qualified to arbitrate both financial and children matters, is a trained mediator (commercial model and direct child consultation), led Resolution's 'Parenting after Parting' initiative and founded Divorce Diaries; he won Resolution's John Cornwell Award in 2014.

Practice areas

Family LawDivorceFinancial RemediesMediationArbitrationCollaborative LawChildren

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Expertise

Complex financial issues in divorce and separationNon-adversarial dispute resolution (mediation, collaborative law, arbitration)Family arbitration (financial and children matters)Trained mediator — commercial model and direct child consultationParenting/co-parenting initiatives (Resolution's 'Parenting after Parting')

Admissions

  • Qualified to arbitrate financial disputes and children matters
  • Trained mediator (commercial model; direct child consultation)