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Law in 101 words

05 August 2022
Issue: 7990 / Categories: Features , Profession
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Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary, by Roderick Ramage
Congratulations NLJ!

The Law Journal, founded in 1822, and The Law Times, 1843, were amalgamated in 1965 as The New Law Journal. Congratulations on your bicentenary, spanning developments in the law from the Cruel Treatment of Cattle Act 1822 to the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022. My own thanks are that your editor in 1970 took a chance and published Will or Shall, which was my first publication ever anywhere, he and his successors published my occasional articles and, in 2008, your present editor took another chance, accepting my 101-word snippets for the back page, bestowing on them the title Reduced Law Dictionary.


Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022

The minister must establish the Animal Sentience Committee, with power, when any government policy is formulated or implemented, to report ‘whether, or to what extent, the government is having, or has had, all due regard to the ways in which the policy might have an adverse effect on the welfare of animals as

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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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