What to expect from a divorce in court

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Jackie Marks is a family law barrister with over 30 years experience. She sits as a deputy district judge in the family court with a ticket to hear both private children and financial remedy cases. Jackie is an accredited Resolution mediator and one of the founding partners in The Mediation Space, a multi-disciplinary mediation service in which all the professionals are trained in psychoanalytic psychotherapy.   

  • How many hearings would one typically attend? 
  • How do hearings happen in practice? online vs in person, represented or not, prior submissions… 
  • How can each party prepare for court in order to be credible in front of the judge? 
  • What can people do that might harm their case in court?
  • How long does the overall court process take?  What happens if one or both of the parties aren’t happy with the outcome?

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