This week, family lawyers across England & Wales are highlighting that divorce doesn’t have to mean conflict.
Led by Resolution, Good Divorce Week 2025 focuses on the Code of Practice – the standard that shapes how family law professionals help separating couples put fairness, communication, and children’s wellbeing first.
The Resolution approach
Resolution represents over 6,500 family justice professionals who share a commitment to working constructively – reducing confrontation and supporting the needs of the whole family to find solutions that last.
The goal is to handle separation with respect and empathy, keeping decision-making out of unnecessary court proceedings whenever possible.
The Code of Practice
Resolution members follow a Code of Practice. This means:
- Listening to you, being honest with you and treating you with respect.
- Explaining all the options and giving you confidence to make the right decisions.
- Helping you focus on what’s important in the long-term.
- Helping you balance financial and emotional costs with what you want to achieve.
- Working with others to find the right approach and the best solutions for you.
- Managing stress in what can be an already stressful situation.
What do Resolution Members do?
Resolution Members pledge to:
- Reduce or manage any conflict and confrontation; for example, by not using inflammatory language.
- Support and encourage families to put the best interests of any children first.
- Act with honesty, integrity and objectivity.
- Help clients understand and manage the potential long-term financial and emotional consequences of decisions.
- Listen to and treat everyone with respect and without judgement.
- Use their experience and knowledge to guide clients through the options available to them.
- Continually develop their knowledge and skills,
- Use the Resolution Good Practice Guides in their day-to-day work.
- Work with other Resolution members to support this Code and put it at the heart of everything they do.
Why this Code matters
This Code is about helping parents communicate better, protect children from conflict, and reach fair outcomes that stand the test of time.
It’s also about reducing the stress, cost, and emotional toll of separation by keeping discussions respectful and forward-looking
A better way forward
Family breakdown can be painful – but the process doesn’t have to be destructive.
By following the Resolution Code of Practice, members work to restore calm, dignity and clarity so families can move on securely.
If you have questions or concerns about divorce or any other family matter, please contact Yasmin Khan-Gunns and Grainne Fahy. Yasmin and Grainne are both Resolution-accredited members.