Ian Smith
Barrister & professor
Ian Smith, barrister, emeritus professor of employment law at the Norwich Law School, UEA & general editor of Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law. Newlawjournal.co.uk
Barrister & professor
Ian Smith, barrister, emeritus professor of employment law at the Norwich Law School, UEA & general editor of Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law. Newlawjournal.co.uk
Get me out of here! In his end of year address, Ian Smith navigates a series of obstacles & challenges including notification, blacklisting, reconsideration, anonymisation & postponements
Ian Smith leaves no stone unturned as he tackles rudeness, gross insubordination, stigmatisation, honour, reputation, & protected disclosure
This month, Ian Smith focuses on part-time and zero hours conundrums, and shares a tale of compulsory retirement from the city of dreaming spires
Ian Smith serves up some employment classics & shares some wise lessons from the past
Ian Smith signs off from his beach hut with an eclectic mix of cases involving suspicion, doubt, disbelief & enforcement
Bargaining rights denied: Ian Smith reports on Deliveroo drivers, detriments & debatable opinions
Ian Smith investigates a gap in protection for workers in the ‘gig economy’
In this month’s brief, Ian Smith serves up some insight into items which are always on the employment law menu
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly
Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team
Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees
Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees
Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron
Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes
NEWS
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
Employers cannot rely on wellbeing services alone to defend workplace stress claims after a High Court decision awarding almost £1m to an overworked employee
Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE
The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
The legal profession is undergoing a fundamental shift from selling services to creating technology-enabled products, according to Professor Luke Mason, Head of School of Law at Regent's University London
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