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Statwatch

24 July 2008
Issue: 7331 / Categories: Legal News
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Legal news update

Trade in Goods (Categories of Controlled Goods) Order 2008 (SI 2008/1805) Commences 1 October 2008. Amends the Trade in Goods (Control) Order 2003 and The Trade in Controlled Goods (Embargoed Destinations) Order 2004. The principal change introduced by the order is a three tiered structure to trade controls to respond to recent concerns relating to specific goods and activities.

Issue: 7331 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Firm grows international bench with expanded UK partner class

Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

Firm makes major statement in the capital with strategic growth at The Shard

Myers & Co—Jess Latham

Myers & Co—Jess Latham

Residential conveyancing team expands with solicitor hire

NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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