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29 May 2008
Issue: 7323 / Categories: Legal News , Immigration & asylum
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Cleaner Scandal

News In Brief

An immigration judge who had an affair with his illegal immigrant cleaner will keep his job, the Office for Judicial Complaints has announced. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips, says Judge Mohammed Ilyas Khan and a woman judge known as Judge J—who jointly employed Roselane Driza—showed poor judgment in employing the Brazilian cleaner without checking her immigration status. However, says Lord Phillips, further detailed enquiries into this matter will not be pursued given that Khan “continues to suffer from ill health and Judge J no longer holds judicial appointment”. Driza was convicted of blackmailing Judge J and stealing intimate videos from Khan in 2006. She was later cleared of blackmailing Khan.

Issue: 7323 / Categories: Legal News , Immigration & asylum
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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
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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