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02 October 2008
Issue: 7339 / Categories: Legal News , Company , EU
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End of admin burden?

Company / EU

Rules aimed at reducing the administrative burden on European public limited liability companies involved in mergers and divisions have been put forward by the European Commission.

The proposed rules are part of a package of measures designed to reduce the administrative burden on companies by 25% by the end of 2012 and will introduce a simplified reporting system alongside clearer requirements on the publication of draft terms.

Internal markets and services commissioner Charlie McCreevy, believes the measures will modernise directives dating back 30 years.

“If we want to keep administrative burdens for EU companies to a minimum we must make sure that these rules are brought into line with today’s technological possibilities and business

Issue: 7339 / Categories: Legal News , Company , EU
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—David Abbott & Claire Keat

DWF—David Abbott & Claire Keat

Senior appointments in insurance services and commercial services announced

Clyde & Co—Nick Roberts

Clyde & Co—Nick Roberts

Aviation disputes practice strengthened by London partner hire

Ellisons—Marion Knocker

Ellisons—Marion Knocker

Residential property lawyer promoted to partnership

NEWS
he abolition of assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions marks the beginning of a ‘brave new world’ for England’s rental sector, writes Daniel Bacon of Seddons GSC
Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way column rounds up a flurry of procedural and regulatory changes reshaping housing, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and personal injury litigation
Patients are being systematically failed by an NHS complaints regime that is opaque, poorly enforced and often stacked against them, argues Charles Davey of The Barrister Group
A wealthy Russian divorce battle has produced a sharp warning about trying to challenge foreign nuptial agreements in the wrong English court. Writing in NLJ this week, Vanessa Friend and Robert Jackson of Hodge Jones & Allen examine Timokhin v Timokhina, where the High Court enforced Russian judgments arising from a prenuptial agreement despite arguments based on the landmark Radmacher decision
An obscure Victorian tort may be heading for an unexpected revival after a significant Privy Council ruling that could reshape liability for dangerous escapes, according to Richard Buckley, barrister and emeritus professor of law at the University of Reading
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