In his 200th Employment Law Brief, published in NLJ this week, Ian Smith revisits the distant past of 1999 when he wrote his first column, the year of the Employment Relations Act, which was heavily criticised for its ‘Henry VIII’ powers. He recalls concern about the potential explosion in the size of the law due to all the detail being left to statutory instruments. Smith fast-forwards to his 100th column in 2009, when preparatory work was being done on the Equality Act. His column was concerned with three cases which have resonance today.
19 April 2018
Smith's employment history
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
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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