COLCHESTER-BASED law firm Jackson and Partners has appointed Caroline Price as an assistant solicitor to head their family department.Ms Price has more than 18 years' experience of family law including divorce and separation, cohabitation disputes, and matters relating to children including residence and contact disputes.

COLCHESTER-BASED law firm Jackson and Partners has appointed Caroline Price as an assistant solicitor to head their family department.

Ms Price has more than 18 years' experience of family law including divorce and separation, cohabitation disputes, and matters relating to children including residence and contact disputes.

She is a member of Resolution, a professional body whose members are committed to a constructive resolution of family disputes, adopting a non-confrontational approach.

She has been trained in collaborative law, where practitioners offer an alternative approach and enable parties and their solicitors to work together in a series of face-to-face meetings to help resolve family disputes.