The only winners are the solicitors in all of this.  My Bride is a legal assistant with a family law solicitor.  She, yes the solicitor is female, charges $420 per hour.  My wife earns about $200 more than that for 4 days work.  I couldn't believe it when she told me.  She put her hourly rate up to try to reduce the number of new clients that were approaching her, it didn't change a thing.