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15 October 2021
Issue: 7952 / Categories: Legal News , Employment , Tribunals
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NLJ this week: Employment tribunals ‘crumbling & chronically underfunded’

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A recent survey by the Employment Lawyers Association (ELA) revealed some stark and quite shocking facts

Lawyers responded to questions about the backlog of cases, length of delays, difficulties in obtaining simple facts from tribunals about upcoming cases or having forms processed and their experiences of remote hearings.

Writing in this week’s NLJ, ELA committee members Jennifer Sole and Caspar Glyn QC say: ‘The survey exposed a crumbling and chronically underfunded tribunal system, which was struggling even before the COVID-19 pandemic.’


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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