Sentences with phrase «adversarial approach»

Separation and divorce are never easy, but when couples and their legal advocates take a less adversarial approach, the entire family can benefit.

One of the challenges is to persuade lawyers to switch from their traditional adversarial approach in court and instead work openly as part of a team.

This can make it more difficult for couples to reach agreement, because lawyers tend to establish a more adversarial approach to divorce.

If you try mediation and decide that it does not meet your needs, you can opt for a more traditional, adversarial approach involving attorneys and litigation at any time.

Divorce Mediation is an affordable alternative to the traditional two - lawyer adversarial approach to separation and divorce.

Not everyone is cut out for direct presentation either, I've had seller clients outright dismiss offers because buyer reps adopted too adversarial an approach in front of the seller.

They are convinced that mediation provides individuals with a healthier and less adversarial approach to problem solving.

The advantages of mediation over the traditional adversarial approach to divorce are significant.

The Legal Innovation Zone by gathering leading family law experts and combining technology is determined to create and develop a faster, more efficient, more affordable, and less adversarial approach for family law disputes.

The US delegation to China, which consists of both hawks and moderates on trade issues, is likely to seek a balanced outcome on bilateral trade issues with China rather than taking the predicted adversarial approach, said Chinese experts.

The insurer's file notes had made negative references to the insured and the Court agreed that the insurer took a very adversarial approach to the insured from the beginning of the claim.

The litigious adversarial approach has gradually diminished.

Presenting those points before an experienced mediator, both in joint sessions and in private caucus, will give both sides a view into the strengths and weaknesses on each side of the coin and, by sidestepping the normal adversarial approach, should ease the way to settlement.

Moving toward a tribunal model is more conducive to dealing with this issue in that it is more conciliatary and therefore more humane in how individual members of the stolen generations may be treated as opposed to a court based adversarial approach.

Collaborative Divorce involves professionals — such as lawyers, accountants, and financial planners — who share the belief that a family is forever, and that family disputes are best resolved using collaborative strategies rather than adversarial approaches such as litigation.

This new opportunity has also resulted in an early announcement from the Attorney - General to reconsider the current adversarial approach of the native title system and encouraged States and native title stakeholders to engage in native title negotiations in a more flexible manner.

HFI is dedicated to promoting new ways to handle divorce, separation, and custody cases that ensure better outcomes for children, less - adversarial approaches for parents, and greater accessibility, efficiency, and fairness for everyone involved in the family court process.

I am fully aware that coalition politics is the norm rather than the UK's traditional adversarial approach, and of course all those who favour electoral reform, as I do, should accept that coalition will result.

J.P. Morgan has taken a less adversarial approach to cryptocurrency.

Around the time Mr. Trump wanted to fire Mr. Mueller, the president's legal team, led then by his longtime personal lawyer in New York, Marc E. Kasowitz, was taking an adversarial approach to the Russia investigation.

After many years as a litigator, and seeing the negative impact on clients and their families of the adversarial approach, Attorney Guthrie opened her own practice focused on the non-adversarial approaches to resolving family law issues.

People are fed up with an adversarial approach that leads to constant changes that destroy the work of previous governments and the hard work of dedicated ordinary people.

Schools in England can no longer work with Ofsted's «adversarial approach» and the watchdog should be totally transformed, head teachers have warned.

«Schools can no longer learn effectively from its adversarial approach.

«Instead of taking an adversarial approach to the relationship, we both wanted to find more productive ways of moving forward,» says Coke spokesperson Petro Kacur of the company's work with Greenpeace.

Too many firms would have taken an adversarial approach to the problem well before it was solved.

The Times reports that Flood is expected to take a more adversarial approach than Cobb, who had advised a cooperative attitude.

This can reduce legal fees that come with having to force out information and do the paperwork and court attendances involved with the adversarial approach.

Today, procedural skirmishes litter the playing field, as Crown counsels have taken a more adversarial approach to tax litigation and have been challenging not only the legal bases for taxpayers» positions, but also the factual underpinnings of every case.

In his decision, the Judge chastised both parties for the adversarial approach that they took, rather than trying to reconcile their differences in a more conciliatory manner.

There are many reasons for this, including negative attitudes on the part of those charged with implementing the law or policy, failure to provide age - related accommodations for accessing programs or services, adversarial approaches to program implementation, resource limitations, or lack of accountability, monitoring and transparency.

The worst outcomes arise from choosing the adversarial approach and ending up suffering through a bitterly litigated divorce.

He is equally comfortable with pragmatic negotiation or an adversarial approach as required and is deeply committed to getting the best possible results for his clients.

He made this decision based on the fact that the insurer had denied the benefits for six years in order to delay payment to take advantage of the insured's economic vulnerability.5 Moreover, the claims advisor for the defendant took an adversarial approach and did not deal with the claim fairly and in a balanced way.6 As such, the insurer was deemed to have acted in bad faith and the plaintiff was awarded $ 200,000 in punitive damages.

March 1, 2016, Toronto, ON — The Legal Innovation Zone (LIZ) at Ryerson University delivered a report to the Ontario Attorney General, the Hon. Madeleine Meilleur with recommendations for a faster, more efficient, more affordable, and less adversarial approach to resolving family law disputes out of court.

They are wary of lawyers who take a «one - size - fits - all» adversarial approach and are looking for more satisfying alternatives.

Instead, many state and local officials have been convinced by self - interested personal injury lawyers to take an adversarial approach, inviting additional problems that neither officials nor their constituents need.

An Ontario Court of Appeal decision confirming trial judges do not have to make a finding of custody when asked, as it promotes an adversarial approach, is in line with... Read more

«The Government has adopted an antagonistic and adversarial approach to Indigenous policy and has undermined bi-partisan support for reconciliation through its limited approach,» Dr Jonas said.

The first is a continuation of the antagonistic and adversarial approach to Indigenous policy by the federal Government.

They promote an adversarial approach to parenting and do little to benefit the child.