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Expectations of leaders still differ according to sex

By Danielle Grant, Director, LeaderShape

How a formal claims recovery programme can secure client loyalty

By Jeffrey Forbes, Executive Director, Forbes Institute

Parole Board Hearings: law and practice – 2nd edition

ISBN: 978-1903307649

Solicitors divided over impact of compulsory mediation assessments

Family lawyers are divided over the impact of the extension of compulsory mediation assessment sessions announced by the Ministry of Justice last week. The requirement to attend a session currently applies only to legal aid clients.

Compulsory mediation awareness sessions for all divorcing couples

All divorcing couples will have to attend mediation awareness sessions, not just those on legal aid, justice minister Jonathan Djanogly has announced.

Police minister boost for restorative justice

Restorative justice should be “embedded in and operating at every part of the criminal justice system”, police and criminal justice minister Nick Herbert has said in the clearest endorsement so far of the government's support for this alternative mechanism.

Cornish pasties win protected status

Cornish pasties made in Cornwall and based on a traditional recipe won protected status from the European Commission today.

Divorced from reality

Fresh from an Oxbridge eye-opener, Marilyn Stowe wonders how stuck in the past the future will be