---

Family Justice

: Although it is impossible to force people to agree, it is important for there to be some pressure for them to talk at an early stage. If they do not talk to each other, they tend to talk to other people and often those who do not have much clue about how these matters should be resolved. They make allegations to their lawyer that the lawyer then makes to the lawyer on the other side; it goes round in a great circle. The allegations that they make and the things that they say are not necessarily what they would wish to say face to face to the other party. To avoid the hardening of attitudes, it is useful to get in early and make them talk.