News in brief
A new Act designed to remove pointless and obsolete laws from the statute book has received Royal Assent. The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008, drafted by the Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission, repeals 260 whole Acts and part repeals 68 others. Laws swept away under the new Act include some relating to tolls for turnpikes and to the financing of London workhouses— including one at Wapping mentioned by Charles Dickens in The Uncommercial Traveller.
Trio of recruits strengthens Switalskis residential property team
Birmingham law firm appoints construction partner
Flint Bishop accelerates Northern growth through strategic senior appointments
A longer time limit for employment tribunal claims, new charity law thresholds, property tribunal recruitment and appellate guidance on small-claims costs feature in the latest Civil Way round-up
