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Legislation round-up

22 January 2009
Categories: Legislation , Local government , Public
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20 Jan 2009

General Teaching Council for England (Disciplinary Functions) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/3256)
Amend the General Teaching Council for England (Disciplinary Functions) Regulations 2001(SI 2001/1268), to extend the circumstances where an employer of a registered teacher, or an agent who arranges for work to be carried out by a registered teacher, are required to provide information to the council. The circumstances are extended to include misconduct and conviction of a relevant offence within the meaning of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998.

 

20 Jan 2009

Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (England) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/3264)
Amend the Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (England) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/2613) that govern the matters to be contained in, and information to be supplied with, council tax and non-domestic rates demand notices. The amendments relate to council tax only. The modifi cations require certain effi ciency information about local authorities to be included in, and supplied with, council tax bills in relation

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Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Chronic delays, duplication of work, cancelled hearings and inefficiencies in the family law courts are letting children and victims of domestic abuse down, a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) inquiry has found
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
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