Britain is to have no judge on the bench of the United Nations’ International Court of Justice at The Hague for the first time in the court’s 71-year history. The UK’s Sir Christopher Greenwood QC withdrew his application after losing out to India’s Dalveer Bhandari by 68-121 votes this week, in elections for the post. The court’s 15 judges serve nine-year terms and are elected by the UN’s General Assembly and Security Council. Greenwood, formerly a barrister at Essex Court Chambers, has served one nine-year term as a judge.
23 November 2017
No UK judge
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NEWS
Cheshire West, which established an ‘acid test’ for deprivation of liberty safeguards, has been overturned by the Supreme Court
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Law firms that hold client money will need to file annual accountants’ reports and make a declaration, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) confirmed this week
Two district judges and a tribunal judge have been sanctioned for delays in delivering judgments and orders
Private equity (PE) investment into UK law firms halved to £250m last year, but deal volume rose, according to research by Acquira Professional Services’ Momentum private equity market tracker
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