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Report recommends compulsory ADR

Mandated ADR was described as 'another useful and powerful tool in the box'

Plans to extend bereavement benefit to cohabiting parents

If approved, the changes will apply retrospectively and backdated lump sum payments 

Former England footballer transfers to firm's board

Mark Wright has joined divorce specialists Fair Result

CILEX CPQ: applications open and scholarships available

CILEX hopes the scholarships will 'make the UK legal sector... more representative and better serve society'

Council announces £3m barristers' framework tender

The local authority hopes to be able to tender using the 'light touch regime'

Judicial diversity low and stagnant: professional bodies call for urgent action

Those from BAME groups, women and non-barristers remain underepresented in the judiciary

Law Society: covid-19 restrictions may need to remain in courts

Society president, I. Stephanie Boyce, has called for long-term investment to bolster the 'threadbare' justice system and beat covid backlogs

How law firms can increase the odds of successful tech adoption

Firms must find strong incentives and utilise the right people to successfully adopt new tech, argues Stephanie Vaughan.