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31 January 2025
Issue: 8102 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Media , Human rights
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NLJ this week: Managing the judges?

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Retired judge Dr Victoria McCloud shares her thoughts regarding judicial ‘leadership’, social media guidance and the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office, in this week’s NLJ.

Should judges manage other judges, or be prevented from posting their profile on LinkedIn? ‘One’s instinct is to recoil from notions of judges being “led”, “managed” or otherwise ovine,’ writes McCloud, who is a consultant at W-Legal Solicitors, Gatehouse Chambers, CADR & Westwood Mediation.

‘It does not help a judiciary, which is mistrusted by some amid fears of secrecy, if it appears that judges “manage” other judges as their “bosses”.’ 
Issue: 8102 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Media , Human rights
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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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