ABSTRACT
In December 1993 the government issued a consultative Green Paper on divorce reform and mediation. This was followed in 1995 by a White Paper. These documents were precursors of the present Family Law Bill whose provisions were discussed in the Introduction. The consultation papers reviewed the present system without referring to the obligation solicitors have to try and reach a settlement of disputed matters. The papers considered recommendations made by the Law Commission in its discussion paper published in 1988, Facing the Future, and its final report, The Grounds for Divorce (1990).
