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Legislation round-up

30 April 2009
Categories: Legislation
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Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill

Summary
A Bill to provide that certain asbestos-related conditions are actionable personal injuries; and for connected purposes.

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Broadcasting (Public Service Content) Bill

Summary
A Bill to define public service content for the purposes of public service broadcasting.

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Employers’ Liability Insurance Bureau Bill

Summary
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.

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Human Rights Act 1998 (Meaning of Public Authority) Bill

Summary
A Bill to clarify the meaning of “public authority” in s 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998.

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Sovereignty of Parliament (European Communities) Bill

Summary
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.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Ruth Clare

Freeths—Ruth Clare

National real estate team bolstered by partner hire in Manchester

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

Partner appointed head of family team

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

Firm strengthens agriculture and rural affairs team with partner return

NEWS
Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors
Regulators differed in the clarity and consistency of their post-Mazur advice and guidance, according to an interim report by the Legal Services Board (LSB)
The dangers of uncritical artificial intelligence (AI) use in legal practice are no longer hypothetical. In this week's NLJ, Dr Charanjit Singh of Holborn Chambers examines cases where lawyers relied on ‘hallucinated’ citations — entirely fictitious authorities generated by AI tools
The Solicitors Act 1974 may still underpin legal regulation, but its age is increasingly showing. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Morrison-Hughes of the Association of Costs Lawyers argues that the Act is ‘out of step with modern consumer law’ and actively deters fairness
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