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08 August 2012
Issue: 7526 / Categories: Legal News
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Colps & Cofas

Deadline passes for nomination submission

More than 93% of law firms and sole practitioners met or were in the final stages of meeting last month’s deadline for submission of nominations for compliance officers for legal practice (Colps) and Compliance Officers for Finance and Administration (Cofas). The Solicitors Regulation Authority will chase up the remaining firms this month. The Colps and Cofas will take up their roles on 1 January 2013.

Issue: 7526 / 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

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
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