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19 February 2014
Issue: 7595 / Categories: Legal News
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Hard work at tribunal

Senior President of Tribunals' annual report is published

A judicial mediation service offered by the employment tribunals has proved “popular”, with savings in England and Wales “in excess of 70%”, according to the tribunal’s president, David Latham, in the Senior President of Tribunals’ annual report, published this week. It is available for cases likely to last three or more days. North of the border, Shona Simon, President of Employment Tribunals (Scotland), reported that 35 judicial mediation hearings took place in the last year, with a 77% success rate, saving an estimated 89.5 hearing days.

Issue: 7595 / 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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