Black Solicitors Network elects new chair

The Black Solicitors Network is due to elect a new chair at its AGM tonight (17 November).

Vice-chair Cordella Bart-Stewart of North London firm Stewart & Co will succeed Michael Webster of Webster Dixon.

The network is at the forefront of promoting diversity in the profession and has just published the third ­edition of the diversity league table. For more on the league table, see The Lawyer next week (24 November).