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02 May 2013
Issue: 7558 / Categories: Legal News
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Pro bono stars

Charity appeals for volunteers from legal profession

The charity Working Families is appealing to lawyers and paralegals for help through volunteering and donations. More than 2,600 working parents and carers called the charity’s free legal helpline last year with calls ranging from redundancy to maternity discrimination. The charity’s team includes six pro bono lawyers and paralegals and four part-time trained advisors. It is helped by Wragge & Co, Simmons & Simmons, Matrix Chambers, Law Society Charity, London Legal Support Trust, Pinsent Masons and Freshfields. For further information, contact Leon.Clowes@workingfamilies.org.uk.

Issue: 7558 / Categories: Legal News
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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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