Collaborative law is a practice of the profession of lawyers in resolving civil disputes. It is a practice derived from the mediation which has the effect of preserving the legal dimension, even to maintain the possibility of litigation, the dispute.
According to the report The Emerging Phenomenon of Collaborative Family Law (DFC): qualitative case study, prepared by Julie Macfarlane and released in Canada on the website of the Ministry of Justice:
The reason most often expressed (by lawyers) to adopt the collaborative model was inspired by the use aversion to litigation to resolve issues in family law.
However, another argument relates to the mediation:
Some lawyers have specifically referred to their previous experience in mediation before going to the DFC and presented it as a more advantageous allowing them to utilize their training in mediation. and many collaborative lawyers felt that the DFC is for customers a more "complete" resolution of conflict mediation, because it includes consulting a lawyer. This perception assumes that lawyers are usually excluded from the negotiation process during family mediation.
Divorce and extensions: all civil and commercial disputes
Counsel for the parties to the conflict holding meetings. Two possibilities:
representatives are authorized to arrange meetings with the protagonists. They assist in their discussion and the search for an agreement they will then be approved by the competent judge;
Lawyers meet in the absence of the parties and are mandated to negotiate the agreement
