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23 March 2009
Categories: Legislation
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Legislation round-up

This update is provided by Current Awareness and News

In force: 8 Dec 2008

Legislation: Appointments Commission (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/2792)

Sumamry: Amend the Appointments Commission Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/2380) to reduce the prescribed number of non-executive members of the Appointments Commission from five to four and the prescribed number of executive members of the Appointments Commission from four to three. The Appointments Commission was established by the Health Act 2006. The membership of the Commission consists of the chairman, the chief executive and the number of non-executive members and executive members prescribed by regulations. The Appointments Commission is an organisation dealing with lower volumes of appointments, but a wider portfolio of clients, due to a reduction in the number of NHS Strategic Health Authorities and Primary Care Trusts. It is hoped the reduction of board members will be more suitable to the needs of the organisation going forward.

In force: 15 Nov 2008; 1 Dec 2008; and 1 Apr 2012

Legislation: Landfill Tax (Material from Contaminated Land) (Phasing out of Exemption) Order 2008 (SI 2008/2669)

Summary: Amends

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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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