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23 September 2010
Issue: 7434 / Categories: Legal News
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Excellence awards

The shortlist for the Law Society’s Excellence Awards has been announced.

Shortlisted nominees include Margaret Byrne, legal director of Sunderland Football Club for the category of Solicitor of the Year—in house, and Simmons & Simmons for the category of Excellence in Equality and Diversity.

Collyer Bristow LLP has been shortlisted for the category of Excellence in International Legal Services. BBC Broadcaster Mishal Husain will present the awards at a ceremony at Old Billingsgate, London on 21 October.

Issue: 7434 / 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
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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