Karin Walker

Karin Walker

Karin Walker is founder of the award-winning niche family law practice, KGW Family Law, now its 14th year. A former chair of Resolution’s DR com...

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DR Corner: The Role of the Lawyer in Mediation

This article focuses on mediation, and specifically civil/commercial and hybrid mediation, deployed in the family law context. What is mediation? What are the essentials of the different types of mediation? How do they compare? And what are the key points that family lawyers need to understand?

DR Corner: Is NCDR Appropriate in Financial Remedy Cases where there is Domestic Abuse?

DR Corner: Is NCDR Appropriate in Financial Remedy Cases where there is Domestic Abuse?

In October 2024, a Resolution multi-disciplinary working party published a report, Domestic abuse in financial remedy proceedings. Described as a ‘groundbreaking’ consideration of the interplay between domestic abuse and the treatment of finances on separation and divorce, this 18-month project is a powerful call for change from eminent family law

Karin Walker

Karin Walker is founder of the award-winning niche family law practice, KGW Family Law, now its 14th year. A former chair of Resolution’s DR committee (from 2014–2017) Karin is committed to non-court despite resolution options where possible. Karin wrote the book Do It Out of Court – a Practical