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15 May 2014 / Roderick Ramage
Issue: 7606 / Categories: Features
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Law in 101 words

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Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage

Agricultural products—grade descriptions

If, by s1(2) of the Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act 1928, a grade description as prescribed is applied to a product on its sale, the contract is deemed to include a term that it accords with the statutory definition. Grade descriptions exist for (in the chronological order of the regulations): potatoes, cider, Cheshire cheese, canned fruits, jam, stilton cheese, creamery butter, perry, bottled fruits, bottled vegetables, cheddar cheese, dressed poultry, malt extract and malt flour, derby cheese, wheat flour and wheat flakes, fruit products, Lancashire cheese, canned vegetables, Leicester cheese, Wensleydale cheese, cream cheese, beef, Caerphilly cheese and Gloucester cheese.

Annulling bankruptcy

In 1993 Mr Sallis was made bankrupt owing £2.4m to Barclays Bank and was discharged in 1996. In 2007, aged 65, he wished to take his benefits under his pension plans, for which he needed to have his bankruptcy annulled. The deputy registrar refused his application on the

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors announces four promotions

NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Should a conviction stand when a later ruling reveals that the law underpinning it was wrong? The answer exposes a clash between finality and justice
The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed
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