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Legislation round-up

17 April 2009
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Legislation news update

In force
1 Oct 2008

Legislation
Trade Marks (International Registration) Order 2008 (SI 2008/2206)

Summary
Replaces the Trade Marks (International Registration) Order 1996 (SI 1996/714). The order is made under powers conferred by the Trade Mark Act 1994, s 54 and gives effect in the UK to the provisions of the Madrid Protocol, which is the system by which trade marks can be registered internationally and subsequently protected in the holder’s choice of designated states or territories.

In force
1 Oct 2008

Legislation
Trade Marks (Fees) Revocation Rules 2008 (SI 2008/2207)

Summary
Revoke the Trade Marks (Fees) Rules 2000 (SI 2000/137) as they relate to fees payable in respect of matters arising under the Trade Marks (International Registration) Order 1996 (SI 1996/714). Fees for international registrations are now dealt with in the Trademarks (International Registration) Order 2008 (SI 2008/2206).

In force
1 Oct 2008

Legislation
Town and Country Planning (Trees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/2260)

Summary
Make amendments to the Town and Country Planning (Trees) Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/1892). Provide for use of a standard application form for

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NEWS
Michael Zander KC, emeritus professor at LSE, revisits his long-forgotten Crown Court Study (1993), which surveyed 22,000 participants across 3,000 cases, in the first of a two-part series for NLJ
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Cryptocurrency is reshaping financial remedy cases, warns Robert Webster of Maguire Family Law in NLJ this week. Digital assets—concealable, volatile and hard to trace—are fuelling suspicions of hidden wealth, yet Form E still lacks a section for crypto-disclosure
NLJ columnist Stephen Gold surveys a flurry of procedural reforms in his latest 'Civil way' column
Paper cyber-incident plans are useless once ransomware strikes, argues Jack Morris of Epiq in NLJ this week
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