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One year on: the solicitor/lawyer/barrister neutral process: ‘one solicitor: one couple’
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Jo O’Sullivan Founder and principal O’Sullivan Family Law Ltd
One lawyer One Year On – Jo O’Sullivan of O’Sullivan Family Law was an early adopter of the solicitor neutral process. Here she examines what the process is what should lawyers be worried about and which clients are suitable for the process. Jo gives her frank views on what works and what doesn’t and what she’s learned to date. Summary: this is not a process for the fainthearted.

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