James Pirrie

Practice Areas

James is a director at Family Law in Partnership. James specialises in complex financial issues and non-adversarial and cost-effective approaches to divorce and separation including mediation, arbitration and collaborative law. He helps clients take control of the issues that affect them, clarifying priorities, exploring all the options and identifying the best way forward.

James is recognised throughout the country for his leadership in alternative dispute resolution. A collaboratively trained lawyer, James is also a family arbitrator (for both financial & children issues) with a thriving arbitration practice.

As a family mediator, James also offers direct child consultation and he is qualified in the commercial model of mediation.

Career

Winner of Resolution's John Cornwell Award 2014.

First non-American board member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.

Financial Planning Certificate and G10 qualifications of the Chartered Insurance Institute.

Professional Memberships

International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.

Resolution.

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Institute of Family Law Arbitrators.

Publications

Author of numerous textbooks on financial provision for children and ADR. Sets the accreditation paper on children’s finance, contributed to Resolution’s matrimonial consent orders, the President's standardised orders and co-wrote Sweet and Maxwell’s cohabitation law and precedents publication.