Paul Rogerson in Rome
NewsInternational Bar Association 2018: the highlights
A round-up of some of the key stories from Rome.
NewsIBA Rome: Artificial intelligence must mean strict liability – and higher insurance premiums
’The law needs to try not to multiply problems of dealing with AI and should not invest AI with legal personality,’ says Nicholas Tse
NewsIBA Rome: New generation will spurn lawyers who don’t go online, senior UK judge warns
‘Much if not most’ legal advice will come to be delivered online Sir Geoffrey Vos tells session on tech revolution.
NewsIBA Rome: ICC prosecutor dismisses ‘machiavellian’ US attacks
Dr Fatou Bensouda vows not to be deflected from a prospective investigation into allegations of war crimes by US personnel.
NewsIBA Rome: Bullying and sexual harassment rife in law – but victims don’t report it
Half of all women lawyers have been bullied at work and one in three has been sexually harassed, international survey reveals.
NewsIBA Rome: World’s first civil legal aid blueprint launched
International principles stress that legal aid generates significant social and economic benefits.
NewsIBA Rome: Ken Clarke calls for action to tackle corporate excess
Many multinationals are ‘self-perpetuating oligarchies determining their own rewards’, former justice secretary tells global lawyers.
NewsIBA Rome: Ex-commission president Prodi dismisses second Brexit referendum hopes
Former head of European Commission expects compromise that will safeguard free trade - after 'painful and difficult' process.
NewsIBA Rome: Populist 'new world order' threatens rule of law, global bars hear
International Bar Association president tells lawyers: 'Look after the rule of law and it will look after you'.