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22 January 2009
Categories: Legislation , Local government , Public
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Legislation round-up

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20 Jan 2009

General Teaching Council for England (Disciplinary Functions) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/3256)
Amend the General Teaching Council for England (Disciplinary Functions) Regulations 2001(SI 2001/1268), to extend the circumstances where an employer of a registered teacher, or an agent who arranges for work to be carried out by a registered teacher, are required to provide information to the council. The circumstances are extended to include misconduct and conviction of a relevant offence within the meaning of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998.

 

20 Jan 2009

Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (England) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/3264)
Amend the Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (England) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/2613) that govern the matters to be contained in, and information to be supplied with, council tax and non-domestic rates demand notices. The amendments relate to council tax only. The modifi cations require certain effi ciency information about local authorities to be included in, and supplied with, council tax

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NEWS
Contract damages are usually assessed at the date of breach—but not always. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Gascoigne, knowledge lawyer at LexisNexis, examines the growing body of cases where courts have allowed later events to reshape compensation
The Supreme Court has restored ‘doctrinal coherence’ to unfair prejudice litigation, writes Natalie Quinlivan, partner at Fieldfisher LLP, in this week' NLJ
The High Court’s refusal to recognise a prolific sperm donor as a child’s legal parent has highlighted the risks of informal conception arrangements, according to Liam Hurren, associate at Kingsley Napley, in NLJ this week
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Mazur may have settled questions around litigation supervision, but the profession should not simply ‘move on’, argues Jennifer Coupland, CEO of CILEX, in this week's NLJ
A simple phrase like ‘subject to references’ may not protect employers as much as they think. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, analyses recent employment cases showing how conditional job offers can still create binding contracts
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