The results of the 2016 Bar Council elections have been announced. 22 October 2015. The following people have been elected: Robin Allen QC, Derek Sweeting QC and Nick Vineall QC (self-employed QCs); Gemma de Cordova, Tim Devlin, Shobana Iyer, James Keeley, Eleanor Mawrey, Jacqueline Wall and Victoria Caroline Yates (self-employed juniors, over seven years’ call); Tom Cockroft, Richard Hoyle, Athena Markides and Francesca O’Neill (self-employed, less than seven years’ call); and Steven Bramley, Richard Posner, Angharad Mary Price and Grant Warnsby (employed, over seven years’ call). No applicants were received in the employed juniors under seven years’ call category.
29 October 2015
Bar Council election 2016
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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