Beverley McLachlin announces her retirement from the Court of Final Appeal as Lord Sumption speaks out against Hong Kong’s rule of law | 5mos

Sam Townend KC bemoans ‘parlous state’ of English and Welsh justice system in keynote address at annual Bar Conference | 5mos

Decision of Lords Collins and Sumption comes amid mounting concern over rule of law | 5mos

Claim submitted to Competition Appeal Tribunal alleges Amazon misused data to outcompete UK retailers | 5mos

New IBA Impact Report assesses the legal profession’s socioeconomic influence | 5mos

Ben Rigby reports from London International Disputes Week’s main conference in Westminster | 5mos

Peter Turner KC joins 39 Essex Chambers after 27 years as a partner at Magic Circle firm | 5mos

Nick Peacock ‘excited to be truly independent and conflict-free for first time’ | 5mos

Former head Lianne Craig, who makes way for Nicola Boyle, is shifting her focus for personal reasons | 5mos

Conference starts today (3 June) and will feature headliners including Lady Chief Justice Carr and ICSID’s Meg Kinnear | 5mos

Regulator says proposed payment increases down to sharp rise in interventions | 5mos

Janet Hood, a Scottish licensing specialist, died suddenly last week | 5mos

Laurence Shore will join the London disputes specialist in September | 5mos

Report commissioned by Legal Services Board reveals that funders back 3-5% of potential cases | 5mos

Laws clamping down on power of Big Tech and exonerating victims of Post Office Horizon scandal rushed through | 5mos

Study finds decline in Russian litigants is offset by record numbers of Swiss and UAE users | 5mos

Arbitration solicitor-silk Louis Flannery KC to move across in August and be called to the Bar | 5mos

Doughty Street silk will serve as 2025 vice chair alongside the next chair, Barbara Mills KC, and treasurer Lucinda Orr | 5mos

New team is led by partners Rowan Armstrong and Alex Mason | 5mos

Ceremony at London’s Temple Church to be held in honour of former director of strategic relationships at Law Society of England and Wales | 6mos