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Legislation round-up

06 March 2009
Categories: Legislation , Public , Community care
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Legislation news update

Legislation
Business Rate Supplements Bill

Summary
A Bill to confer power on the Greater London Authority and certain local authorities to impose a levy on non-domestic ratepayers to raise money for expenditure on projects expected to promote economic development, and for connected purposes.

Legislation
Department for Transport (Fees) Order 2009 (SI 2009/Draft)

Summary
Specifies functions, the costs of which are to be taken into account in the determination of fees to be fixed by the secretary of state in respect of certain activities concerning road vehicles, road transport, goods vehicle operators, public service vehicle operators and bus services. Also specifies matters which, in addition to matters already required to be taken into account, are to be taken into account in determining the costs of functions. Partially consolidates, with amendments, the Department of Transport (Fees) Order 1988 (SI 1988/643)

Legislation
Representation of the People (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/Draft)

Summary
Amend provisions relating to the registration of overseas peers for European Parliamentary elections in order to reflect recent changes to electoral law. They also make minor changes in

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Muckle LLP—Ella Johnson

Muckle LLP—Ella Johnson

Real estate dispute resolution team welcomes newly qualified solicitor

Morr & Co—Dennis Phillips

Morr & Co—Dennis Phillips

International private client team appoints expert in Spanish law

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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
Getty Images v Stability AI Ltd [2025] EWHC 2863 (Ch) was a landmark test of how UK law applies to AI training—but does it leave key questions unanswered, asks Emma Kennaugh-Gallagher of Mewburn Ellis in NLJ this week
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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