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The global civil justice system is undergoing a profound paradigm shift. Driven by systemic court backlogs, excessive legal costs, and the evolving needs of commercial clients, jurisdictions worldwide are transitioning from a strictly adversarial default to an integrated framework of "Appropriate" Dispute Resolution (ADR).Lawyers and in-house legal counsel fulfil a crucial role in supporting and architecting the evolution of our legal systems to incorporate the use of mediati

Overview of the Mandatory Mediation Directive The Judge President of the Gauteng High Court has recently introduced a significant...