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13 October 2020
Issue: 7906 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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JLD calling

Calling up and coming lawyers―the Junior Lawyers Division (JLD) executive committee needs you! Committee members represent their peers in national and international forums, making their views known on policies and issues

To be eligible you must be an enrolled solicitor apprentice, a student on the Legal Practice Course (LPC), an LPC graduate, a trainee solicitor or a solicitor up to, and including, five years qualified at the close of nominations at noon on 14 October. Five positions are available, each for two years duration except the student representative post, which is for one year.

Find out more at: bit.ly/3iVbwJE.

Issue: 7906 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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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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