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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

Birketts—Nathan Evans

Birketts—Nathan Evans

Commercial and technology team in Cambridge strengthened by partner hire

Andrew & Andrew Solicitors—Shikha Datta

Andrew & Andrew Solicitors—Shikha Datta

Hampshire firm appoints head of new family department

Latham & Watkins—Sarah Lightdale

Latham & Watkins—Sarah Lightdale

Firm strengthens securities practice with partner return

NEWS

From blockbuster judgments to procedural shake-ups, the courts are busy reshaping litigation practice. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School hails the Court of Appeal's 'exquisite judgment’ in Mazur restoring the role of supervised non-qualified staff, and highlights a ‘mammoth’ damages ruling likened to War and Peace, alongside guidance on medical reporting fees, where a pragmatic 25% uplift was imposed

Momentum is building behind proposals to restrict children’s access to social media—but the legal and practical challenges are formidable. In NLJ this week, Nick Smallwood of Mills & Reeve examines global moves, including Australia’s under-16 ban and the UK's consultation
Reforms designed to rebalance landlord-tenant relations may instead penalise leaseholders themselves. In this week's NLJ, Mike Somekh of The Freehold Collective warns that the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 risks creating an ‘underclass’ of resident-controlled freehold companies
Timing is everything—and the Court of Appeal has delivered clarity on when proceedings are ‘brought’. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ, Stephen Gold explains that a claim is issued for limitation purposes when the claim form is delivered to the court, even if fees are underpaid
The traditional ‘single, intensive day’ of financial dispute resolution (FDR) may be due for a rethink. Writing in NLJ this week, Rachel Frost-Smith and Lauren Guiler of Birketts propose a ‘split FDR’ model, separating judicial evaluation from negotiation
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