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Former ICJ president Joan Donoghue to headline at London International Disputes Week

Main conference at Queen Elizabeth II Centre will tackle topics ranging from AI to judicial innovation and professional ethics

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Rule of law tops agenda as IBA Latin America regional forum kicks off in Peru

IBA president Jaime Carey and Peru’s central bank governor Julio Velarde headlined opening day’s sessions

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ABA challenges Trump administration’s diversity policies, foreign aid cuts and judicial attacks

US president issued executive order in January seeking to end private sector DEI initiatives

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Former ICJ president Joan Donoghue joins Twenty Essex as an arbitrator

Retired American judge took unusual step last year of correcting media reports over controversial ICJ Gaza genocide ruling

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IBA denounces Trump sanctions against the International Criminal Court

IBA executive director Mark Ellis says US sanctions ‘weaken the rule of law globally’

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New Bar Council chair pledges to raise profile of the family Bar in inaugural speech

Barbara Mills KC – the first black woman to hold the post – also emphasises importance of diversity and wellbeing at the Bar

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Singapore International Commercial Court appoints trio of UK, Australian judges

International jurists include UK Justice Lady Mary Arden, who join the court’s ranks next month

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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