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21 June 2012
Issue: 7519 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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Honorary doctorates

Honorary doctorates will be conferred upon Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller...

Honorary doctorates will be conferred upon Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller, former director general of MI5 Keir Starmer QC, director of public prosecutions, Sir Ian Kershaw, the academic and historian, and Baroness Onora O’Neill, the philosopher and cross-bench member of the House of Lords.

The ceremonies will take place on 12 July at the University of Leeds. Sir Mark Elder, currently music director of the Halle, will be awarded an honorary degree in September.
 

Issue: 7519 / 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
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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