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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7457

17 March 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

SNG has appointed property law expert Germaine Peters to its expanding team

The Institute of Legal Executives recently celebrated reaching the landmark of the appointment of the first 100 legal executive partners and the first legal executive judge.

Sacker & Partners has promoted Claire van Rees to associate.

Solicitor and business woman Joy Van-Cooten has been appointed as the new chair of the association of women solicitors (AWS) at its annual general meeting.

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg’s speech, ‘Restoring Civil Liberties’, delivered before an audience of libel reform hopefuls in January...

The last few years have seen significant changes to the legal market. Increased competition from high street names such as the Co-operative and Halifax...

How flexible are you, asks Sarah Johnson

Barbara Hewson discusses the Court of Appeal’s latest ruling on deprivation of liberty

Are mesothelioma claims a lost cause for defendants? Jonathan de Rohan reports

Nicholas Dobson tackles Teckal

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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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