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Legislation round-up

29 January 2009
Issue: 7354 / Categories: Legal News , Public , Human rights , Personal injury , Employment
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In force Legislation Summary
N/A Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill
A Bill to provide that certain asbestos-related conditions are actionable personal injuries; and for connected purposes.
N/A Broadcasting (Public Service
Content) Bill
A Bill to define public service content for the purposes of public service broadcasting.
N/A Employers’ Liability Insurance
Bureau Bill
A Bill to make provision for the creation of an employers’ liability insurance bureau comprising an electronic database and a fund of last resort; to make provision about employers’ liability insurance; and for connected purposes.
N/A Human Rights Act 1998 (Meaning of Public Authority) Bill
A Bill to clarify the meaning of “public authority” in s 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998.
N/A Sovereignty of Parliament (European Communities) Bill
A Bill to provide that Community treaties, Community instruments and Community obligations shall only be binding in legal proceedings in the UK insofar as they do not conflict with a subsequent, expressly inconsistent enactment of the Parliament of the UK.
N/A European Union (Audit of Benefits and Costs of UK Membership) Bill
A Bill to establish a Commission to carry out regular audits of the economic costs and benefits of the UK’s membership of the European Union; and for connected purposes.
N/A Equal Pay and Flexible Working Bill
A Bill to amend the Equal Pay Act 1970; and to make provision about flexible working

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Slater Heelis—Chester office

Slater Heelis—Chester office

North West presence strengthened with Chester office launch

Cooke, Young & Keidan—Elizabeth Meade

Cooke, Young & Keidan—Elizabeth Meade

Firm grows commercial disputes expertise with partner promotion

CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson

CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson

Blake Morgan managing partner appointed chair of CBI South-East Council

NEWS
The House of Lords has set up a select committee to examine assisted dying, which will delay the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
The proposed £11bn redress scheme following the Supreme Court’s motor finance rulings is analysed in this week’s NLJ by Fred Philpott of Gough Square Chambers
In this week's issue, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist and former district judge, surveys another eclectic fortnight in procedure. With humour and humanity, he reminds readers that beneath the procedural dust, the law still changes lives
Generative AI isn’t the villain of the courtroom—it’s the misunderstanding of it that’s dangerous, argues Dr Alan Ma of Birmingham City University and the Birmingham Law Society in this week's NLJ
James Naylor of Naylor Solicitors dissects the government’s plan to outlaw upward-only rent review (UORR) clauses in new commercial leases under Schedule 31 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, in this week's NLJ. The reform, he explains, marks a seismic shift in landlord-tenant power dynamics: rents will no longer rise inexorably, and tenants gain statutory caps and procedural rights
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