We know all too well the stress that litigation and dispute resolution can cause to everyone involved, but does it need to be that way and could we be doing more to protect the people involved in this important area of work?
As signatories of the Mindful Business Charter we’re pleased to host this in-person event for the Scottish legal market to showcase and bring together various important initiatives that are seeking to rehumanise the way litigation and dispute resolution more generally is conducted.
In March 2023 MBC published its Guidance for Litigation professionals, to help address some of the unnecessarily stress inducing behaviour that goes on in the context of disputes work. Since that time MBC has listened to feedback and kept the Guidance updated. The current version is here.
At the same time a group of family law practitioners, led by Payne Hicks Beach, and including our own Jennifer Wilkie, have been working on guidance and supporting materials to better protect the wellbeing of both clients and practitioners. Copies of their materials can be found here.
The Language Matters initiative has been created by Sir Andrew McFarlane, the President of the Family Division of the High Court in London which involves a number of family law practitioners and seeks to address the unhelpful impact of language in family proceedings. Their initial report is here.
Most recently the Faculty of Advocates has worked on guidance for the Instruction of an Advocate in the Digital Era. The guidelines are being finalised at the moment and a link to them will be available in due course.
We are therefore delighted to invite you to a joint event to showcase all four initiatives and to foster collaboration and shared learning.
Confirmed speakers are:
• Neil Mackenzie KC, Keeper of the Advocates Library, Faculty of Advocates
• Victoria Hingston, partner, Payne Hicks Beach
• Jennifer Wilkie, partner, Burness Paull
• Lauren Evans, partner, Kingsley Napley
• Richard Martin, CEO, Mindful Business Charter
