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Kaleel Anwar, a specialist divorce lawyer, gives his top tips for anyone unsure whether they want to go through with divorce.

Here, he gives his first piece of advice: to understand your legal rights.

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Transcript:

Given that many people are approaching us for the first time, it’s a really difficult time for everyone that comes to speak to me. There’s lots of people who have taken conflicting information, don’t really know where to go, what to believe. I think it’s helpful to have some tips from someone who deals with this on a day-to-day basis, who knows what the legal position is and can help you out.

I think my first tip would be that you need to understand what your legal rights are. There’s a lot of documents, there’s lots of things that are going to be presented in front of you. You might receive documents in the post. You might receive information from your husband or your wife to say actually you’re going to receive x, y or z documents. You might not fully understand what the legal effect of each of those documents are. But also you’re going to be asked to review a divorce petition. It’s quite a lengthy document, it’s got various sections, which have legal jargon within it. I think it’s important you know that you can go and speak to a person who understands the contents of it and explain what the cost implications are going to be, and then at least you’re aware of what’s involved.