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09 April 2009
Categories: Legislation
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Legislation round-up

Legislation news update

In force
Partly on 30 September 2008; Fully on 1 October 2008

Legislation
Value Added Tax (Finance) (No 2) Order 2008 (SI 2008/2547)

Summary
Revokes the Value Added Tax (Finance) Order 2008 (SI 2008/1892) (the Finance Order), which varies Group 5 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994, Sch 9 to modify and clarify the scope of the Group in its application to the management of special investment funds. The Finance Order was to have come into force on 1 October 2008. The remainder of this Order came into force on 1 October 2008 and varies Group 5 of Sch 9 to the Act to modify and clarify the scope of the Group in its application to the management of special investment funds. The Principal VAT Directive requires member states to exempt from VAT the management of special investment funds as defined by the member state in question.

In force
27 October 2008

Legislation
Child Support Information Regulations 2008 (2008/2551)

Summary
Provide for the furnishing of information or evidence required by the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission

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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
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
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