The Judiciary

UK legal sector has 'grown by 50% in last decade'

Gross value added contribution of legal services has risen to £34.2bn, according to Law Society of England and Wales

Lawyers among 45 pro-democracy activists sentenced to prison by Hong Kong court

Western governments and human rights groups condemn city’s largest national security prosecution to date

Kennedy succeeds Neuberger as chair of international media freedom panel

Appointment follows controversy over Lord Neuberger’s decision to continue as a judge on Hong Kong’s Court of Final of Appeal

Professional bodies welcome ‘much-needed’ funding boost for ‘crisis-hit’ UK justice system

Budget’s real terms increase in spending not enough to reverse more than decade of cuts, Bar Council warns

Judge reprimanded for love letter to step down as CAT president

Mr Justice Marcus Smith will be replaced by former president Sir Peter Roth on an interim basis

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Women KCs celebrate 75th anniversary of first appointments

Lady Chief Justice hosts event to mark progress since first two women took silk in 1949

IBA voices ‘great concern’ over Mexico’s ‘far-reaching’ judicial reform proposals

IBA president Almudena Arpón de Mendívil Aldama says the plans would likely impact judicial independence

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Neuberger resigns from media freedom panel over Hong Kong judicial role

Decision follows court’s controversial rejection of appeal by pro-democracy demonstrators

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Senior judge reprimanded for writing love letter to junior staff member

Competition Appeal Tribunal president “abused his position” committing serious misconduct

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News | UK

Lady Chief Justice administers oath of office to first Muslim Lord Chancellor

London ceremony also marks first time a Lady Chief Justice has sworn in a female Lord Chancellor

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News | UK

Ranks of women judges grow, but black representation stagnates

‘Much more work to be done’ on boosting number of ethnic minority judges, report concedes

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer names Matrix Chambers barrister as attorney general

Richard Hermer KC takes over brief from shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry

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News | UK

UK ratifies Hague-19 Convention in a boost to London litigation

Treaty ensures UK judgments will be recognised in EU and other member countries

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FDI | UK

Former Canadian chief justice is latest judge to step down from Hong Kong’s top court

Beverley McLachlin announces her retirement from the Court of Final Appeal as Lord Sumption speaks out against Hong Kong’s rule of law

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Two retired UK judges resign from Hong Kong’s top court

Decision of Lords Collins and Sumption comes amid mounting concern over rule of law

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Upholding the rule of law can boost economic and societal progress, study finds

New IBA Impact Report assesses the legal profession’s socioeconomic influence

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News | UK

Lawyers urged to embrace AI as LIDW explores city’s global dispute centre credentials

Ben Rigby reports from London International Disputes Week’s main conference in Westminster

Lady Chief Justice calls for greater ‘cross-fertilisation’ between mediation, arbitration and litigation

Dame Sue Carr moots establishment of ‘London Dispute Resolution Committee’ in LIDW keynote

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UPC one year on: a review of the court’s first 12 months in action

Herbert Smith Freehills lawyers Sebastian Moore, Frederic Chevallier and Rachel Montagnon look back on the Unified Patent Court’s maiden year

London’s Commercial Court sees rise in international litigants despite sharp fall in number of Russians

Study finds decline in Russian litigants is offset by record numbers of Swiss and UAE users

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