Campaigners have welcomed ruling that ends 20-year precedent preventing courts from ordering mediation | 1d

Eagerly awaited judgment welcomed by arbitration and mediation bodies | 1d

Departure of 13-strong team is being put down to a strategy shift by Dechert | 2d

While 46% of all senior lawyers are women, male leaders continue to dominate in law firms and corporate legal teams | 3d

Disputes lawyers welcome step as vital post-Brexit measure to protect English law’s status | 6d

Jinal Shah will take over from senior partner-elect Segun Osuntokun in January | 1w

IBA’s diversity and inclusion toolkit welcomed as ‘terrific resource’ for committed law firm leaders | 1w

Free resource aims to help firms develop and implement diversity and inclusion plans | 1w

Partners to vote on succession next month; renowned litigator to stay on as a partner | 1w

Cohort edges down from 46 last year with proportion of women slipping from 52% to 36% | 2w

Axel Schulz adds depth to competition team following retirement of heavyweight Philip Bentley KC | 2w

Baker McKenzie, Freshfields and Allen & Overy among firms helping to challenge controversial policy | 2w

Hogan Lovells, Covington, Clifford Chance, Mishcon and Linklaters secure wins in blockbuster competition case | 2w

Report highlights growing awareness of AI’s benefits, but flags need for regulation and disclosure | 2w

Bill implementing reform to Arbitration Act 1996 praised by arbitration professionals, but Bar Council hits back over underfunding of court system | 3w

Solicitors Regulation Authority concedes additional levies are likely as law soc flags ‘atypical’ business model of collapsed firm | 3w

ICC prosecutor Karim AA Khan speaks out in an interview at the IBA annual conference | 4w

London commercial and arbitration courts outperform rivals in New York, Hong Kong and Singapore, report finds | 4w

New hub will help connect public sector lawyers from around the word, writes Ben Rigby | 1mo

Initiative backed by the City of London Law Society is seeking to increase the number of solicitor apprentices | 1mo