Collaborative Law

Collaborative Law is relatively new. Both parties must first agree to settle their dispute through Collaborative Law. This is a voluntary process whereby the parties arrange a 4-way meeting among themselves and their attorneys. The parties and attorneys then work together in a cooperative matter to come to an agreement. Not all attorneys are trained in Collaborative Law, therefore the clients must find an attorney trained in collaborative law (A list of Collaborative law lawyers is available at www.droitcollaboratifquebec.ca).

Collaborative Law is a confidential process, all information is available to the parties and the attorneys, and all possibilities for settlement are examined together. In this process, the confidentially rule is taken to an even higher standard. The rules in Collaborative Law do not allow the attorney who worked in the Collaborative Law process to continue representing their client should the matter go to trial. This makes all the information that was revealed even more confidential.

Advantages of Collaborative Law

As previously mentioned (see section on Collaborative Law Services), some of the advantages of Collaborative law are as follows:

1. The parties can save money with collaborative law
2. The process is less time-consuming that going to trial
3. The parties have more control over the process
4. The parties have their lawyers present with them for legal support during the negotiations
5. All the solutions and the evidence are confidential

Me Richard McConomy has completed his training in Collaborative law recently.With his skills in Interest Based Negotiations, he can provide interesting perspectives for all parties to come to a fruitful agreement.