29th November - Law News

Edition 4721: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.

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Today's Highlighted Video Story:  Defending the rule of law: global challenges and the role of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Keynote address by Her Excellency Dr Fatou Bensouda, High Commissioner of The Gambia to the UK and former Prosecutor at the ICC

A selection of important developments in the world of law and justice (for a comprehensive look at the news and events, please visit @theLawMap Twitter/X feed):

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Lord chancellor 'to announce above-inflation legal aid fee increase' for immigration and asylum work | Law Gazette
• Former ICC chief prosecutor says she faced threats and ‘thug-style tactics’. Fatou Bensouda says she and her family were subjected to ‘direct threats’ while working on the most sensitive cases
• SRA faces another blow as allegations against law firm Teacher Stern dismissed by SDT | Law Gazette
• LinkedIn superinfluencers “massively outperform” their law firms - Legal Futures
• Data drive to reveal amount of time legal aid lawyers spend on unbillable work | Law Gazette
• City law firm creates first solicitor-barrister partnership in Ireland - Legal Futures
• Attorney General's guidance to government lawyers 'unconstitutional', thinktank Policy Exchange argues | Law Gazette