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23 October 2008
Issue: 7342 / Categories: Legislation
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Legislation round-up

Legislation news update

In force

27 Oct 2008

Legislation
Insurance Companies (Overseas Life Assurance Business) (Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/2627)

Summary
Amend the Insurance Companies (Overseas Life Assurance Business) (Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations 1995 (SI 1995/3237) to update cross-references to primary legislation. Guidance on the changes will be incorporated in HMRC’s Life Assurance Manual and its OLAB Guidance Notes.

In force
31 Oct 2008

Legislation
Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/2639)

Summary
Amend the Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/3494) (SATCAR) to give effect to Commission Dec 2008/627/EC of 29 July 2008, concerning a transitional period for audit activities of certain third country auditors and audit entities. That decision is made under Directive 2006/43/EC on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts. They make provision in respect of “exempt third country auditors”: auditors from a list of third countries set out in the definition of “specified third country” in reg 2(2). If the Professional Oversight Board (POB) has directed that other provisions of SATCAR are not to apply to such auditors, the provisions in these amending regulations apply to them.

In force
3 Nov 2008

Legislation
Bail (Electronic Monitoring of Requirements) (Responsible Officer) Order 2008 (SI 2008/2713)

Summary
Specifies the persons responsible for the electronic monitoring of a person’s compliance with a requirement imposed as a condition of bail. Electronic monitoring requirement is imposed in respect of more than one bail condition which relates to different police areas.

Issue: 7342 / Categories: Legislation
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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
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
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Should a conviction stand when a later ruling reveals that the law underpinning it was wrong? The answer exposes a clash between finality and justice
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