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28 June 2017
Issue: 7752 / Categories: Legal News
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Call for a non-partisan Brexit

The ‘independent and non-political’ Law Commission could play a key role in Brexit, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas has said. Giving the Scarman Lecture at Gray’s Inn this week,

Lord Thomas said the task of scrutinising and amending large parts of the law as a result of Brexit was ‘enormous in scale’.

Therefore, ‘in the years to come, when so much Parliamentary time will be occupied by Brexit-related matters of a political nature, it would be sensible for there to be more use made of procedures which facilitate the enactment of legislation which is non-partisan’.

Issue: 7752 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

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—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
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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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