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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

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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