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17 November 2017
Issue: 7770 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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Legal Personality: call for nominations

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Nominations are invited for the Legal Personality of the Year award, an important category for the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2018. This award honours an individual who has made an outstanding contribution in the legal sphere in the past 12 months. Current suggestions are Gina Miller, lead claimant in the Article 50 Brexit case, Victoria Vasey, director of North Kensington Law Centre, Adam Crème, Unison’s head of legal services, and Lady Brenda Hale, President of the Supreme Court. Other suggestions are welcome. Please submit entries at www.LexisNexis.co.uk/legalawards2018 by 1 December.

Issue: 7770 / 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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