ABSTRACT The legal services market has faced unprecedented change following implementation of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO). Alternative business models and wider use of digital technologies have developed alongside debates about the future of legal practice in family law. Arguments have been made for new hybrid models that combine legal advice with mediation and for solicitors to be enabled to work with two clients. This paper contributes to that debate by highlighting implications for such practice innovations based on research evidence of solicitors’ experiences of delivering an experimental model of practice: ‘Family Matters Guides’. This model, piloted by Resolution, involved the Guides providing intensive support and legal information (not legal advice) to both separating parents to help them reach agreements. This paper is timely as the professions await the new regulations from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (autumn 2018) making flexible practice models a reality.

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一位律师代表两位客户：实验性实践模型“家庭事务”产生的影响

摘要 随着《2012 年法律援助、量刑和惩罚罪犯法》(LASPO) 的实施，法律服务市场面临着前所未有的变化。替代商业模式和数字技术的更广泛使用与关于家庭法法律实践未来的辩论一起发展。已经为将法律咨询与调解相结合的新混合模式以及使律师能够与两个客户合作的新模式提出了论据。本文基于律师提供实验性实践模型的经验的研究证据，强调对此类实践创新的影响，从而为这场辩论做出贡献：“家庭事务指南”。这个模型，由 Resolution 试行，涉及指南为分居的父母双方提供大量支持和法律信息（不是法律建议），以帮助他们达成协议。这篇论文是及时的，因为专业人士正在等待律师监管局（2018 年秋季）的新规定，使灵活的实践模式成为现实。