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Legislation round-up

23 October 2008
Issue: 7342 / Categories: Legislation
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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

DWF—19 appointments

DWF—19 appointments

Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

NEWS
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
In this week's NLJ, Steven Ball of Red Lion Chambers unpacks how advances in forensic science finally unmasked Ryland Headley, jailed in 2025 for the 1967 rape and murder of 75-year-old Louisa Dunne. Preserved swabs and palm prints lay dormant for decades until DNA-17 profiling produced a billion-to-one match
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Rylatt and Robyn Laye of Anthony Gold Solicitors examine recent international relocation cases where allegations of domestic abuse shaped outcomes
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