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Legislation round-up

30 April 2009
Categories: Legislation
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Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill

Summary
A Bill to provide that certain asbestos-related conditions are actionable personal injuries; and for connected purposes.

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Broadcasting (Public Service Content) Bill

Summary
A Bill to define public service content for the purposes of public service broadcasting.

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Employers’ Liability Insurance Bureau Bill

Summary
A Bill to make provision for the creation of an employers’ liability insurance bureau comprising an electronic database and a fund of last resort; to make provision about employers’ liability insurance; and for connected purposes.

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Human Rights Act 1998 (Meaning of Public Authority) Bill

Summary
A Bill to clarify the meaning of “public authority” in s 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998.

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Sovereignty of Parliament (European Communities) Bill

Summary
A Bill to provide that Community treaties, Community instruments
and Community obligations shall only be binding in legal proceedings
in the UK insofar as they do not conflict with a subsequent, expressly
inconsistent enactment of the Parliament of the UK.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

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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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