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15 December 2011
Issue: 7494 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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DWF Eight promotions

DWF has promoted eight of its lawyers as partners or directors.

Rob Sheldon will become an associate partner in the corporate and commercial team.

Elizabeth Boyes has been promoted as associate partner in the banking and finance group. Helen Johnston will also become an associate partner in the group.

Within the firm’s insurance group, Lisa Hill, Patrick McBrien and Tony McLoughlin have been promoted to technical directors and Jewels Chamberlain has become director.

Lee Norman has been promoted to technical director in the litigation practice group.

Issue: 7494 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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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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