Katharine Freeland

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    CPR: 'Cinderella service'?

    28 November 2025

    The Woolf reforms have a chequered history, reports Katharine Freeland. Civil procedure still lacks a compelling vision.

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    Finding the middle way

    2025-08-01T08:16:00

    Although promoting alternative dispute resolution is not a new development in family court hearings, it was given added impetus in April last year.

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    Sabbaticals: Break with tradition

    2 May 2025

    Has the legal profession killed the career sabbatical, or merely rebranded it? Katharine Freeland reports.