The stars of pro bono were celebrated at the recent LawWorks Annual Pro Bono Awards and lecture held at Linklaters and sponsored by LexisNexis and the Law Society. The winners included: Children’s Pro Bono Legal Service, formed by Allen & Overy, Coram Children’s Legal Centre and DLA Piper (pro bono partnership); Emma Williams Family Law (small firm); and Hilton Worldwide (in-house team). The winners in the firms categories were Muckle, DLA Piper and Duncan Lewis. DLA Piper’s Jennifer Deakin won best individual, Allen & Overy’s Maeve Hanna won the Junior Lawyers Division award and LawWorks Cardiff Pro Bono Employment Clinic won the LawWorks Cymru Award.
03 December 2015
LawWorks awards
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly
Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team
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 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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