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Legislation round-up

15 April 2009
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Legislation news update

In force
1 Oct 2008

Legislation
(Gas (Applications for Licences and Extensions and Restrictions of Licences) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/2375)

Summary
SI 2007/1971 revoked. An application must be made in writing, addressed to the authority and delivered or sent by prepaid post to the authority at its principal office or sent by electronic mail to an address specified by the authority; and signed and dated by or on behalf of the applicant, stating, where signed on behalf of the applicant, the capacity of the signatory.

In force
1 Oct 2008

Legislation
Removal and Disposal of Vehicles
(Traffic Officers) (England)
Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/2367)

Summary
Permit uniformed traffi c offi cers to remove, or require the removal of,
vehicles that have become stationary in certain circumstances, from
motorways (other than certain lengths of the M4 and M48) and trunk
roads in England (the strategic road network) and from roads in the
vicinity of, or land adjacent to, the strategic road network.

In force
6 Oct 2008

Legislation
Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No 4) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/2424)

Summary
Make amendments to

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Chronic delays, duplication of work, cancelled hearings and inefficiencies in the family law courts are letting children and victims of domestic abuse down, a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) inquiry has found
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
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