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Diversity Access Scheme applications open
Applications have opened for the Law Society’s annual Diversity Access Scheme (DAS), which aims to improve social mobility and diversity in the legal profession.
01 March 2023
NLJ this week: Diversity optimises outcomes at the International Court of Arbitration
Greater diversity among arbitration professionals leads to better outcomes in arbitration proceedings, according to research.
24 February 2023
Arbitration: delivering on diversity Premium Content
Diversity in arbitration optimises outcomes both in the boardroom & the hearing room: Alexander G Fessas explains how the ICC International Court of Arbitration is creating positive change
24 February 2023 / Alexander G Fessas
Nightingale Courts & Labour pledges
Lawyers have welcomed plans to keep 24 Nightingale Courts open for another year, but warned more was needed to tackle the backlog of cases.
22 February 2023
NLJ this week: Boardroom quotas: improving the gender balance
Do gender quotas work? What are the downsides? Is there a better way to achieve parity in senior roles? Writing in this week’s NLJ, Ranjit Dhindsa, head of employment, Fieldfisher, weighs up the pros and cons of board level quotas at large listed companies.
03 February 2023
Women in the boardroom: driving change at the top Premium Content
Are quotas an effective way of addressing gender imbalances in senior roles? Ranjit Dhindsa examines the law & weighs up the pros & cons
03 February 2023 / Ranjit Dhindsa
Leadership change at judicial appointments body
Business leader Helen Pitcher has been appointed Chair of the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC), the independent selection body for courts and tribunals judiciary.
04 January 2023
Lawyers seize the initiative on social mobility
Law firms performed strongly in the 2022 Social Mobility Employer Index, occupying more than one third of top 75 positions—including the number one spot.
15 December 2022
Pay gaps at the solicitors’ regulator
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has published its latest gender pay gap and ethnicity pay gap reports.
15 December 2022
LNB NEWS: Law Commission publishes Annual Report 2021—22
The Law Commission has published its ‘Annual Report 2021—22’, which highlights the work the Commission has undertaken in the previous 12 months. 
15 December 2022
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Costs judge within limits but litigants warned
A deputy costs judge correctly exercised his discretion to allow late service rather than strike out the point of dispute, the Court of Appeal has held
Prince Harry's claim falls short
Prince Harry, Baroness Doreen Lawrence and five others have lost their case against the publisher of the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and MailOnline, in Various Claimants v Associated Newspapers [2026] EWHC 1637 (KB)
Making the case for open justice data
Public confidence in the justice system is being undermined by a lack of accessible, useable data, magistrates have warned
First immigration sentencing guidelines set out
The Sentencing Council has launched draft guidelines for facilitation and endangering another person during a sea crossing to the UK
Legal advice on workplace non-disclosure agreements
Government proposals to make independent written legal advice a prerequisite for workplace non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) may prove unworkable, according to a senior employment lawyer
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