ADR & Mediation

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Family courts crisis deepening amid rise in domestic violence

The president of the family division warns that the problems of the crisis in the family courts were not going away and are getting worse

Moore Barlow launches 'The Surrey Initiative'

Firm urges others to support it seeking family law reform for out-of-court options

Withers recruits former AG as consultant global counsel

Withers has recruited former attorney general Geoffrey Cox MP to its international law team as consultant global counsel

Busting the litigation backlog

Tony Guise explains how technology and ADR can overcome the tsunami of litigation

Calls for ADR to beat impending 'tsunami' of civil claims

A backlog of civil cases, ineffective IT and covid-19-related claims will trigger a “tsunami” of litigation in the civil justice system, a report warns

New digital dispute resolution platform for volume covid-19 disputes

A new online framework enabling expedited dispute resolution has gone live to help businesses before it is too late.

SDT decision exposes unfairness

A solicitor who misled a law firm and a mediator was struck off after that firm reported him to the SRA, despite his firm deciding to deal with it internally

Alternative dispute resolution forums: lessons from liberalisation

Solicitors need to identify and build on their strengths to demonstrate the value they bring compared to alternative types of representatives, says Mark Fletcher