Brexit, the reliance of the Conservatives on the DUP in Parliament, and the general election have all contributed to a 20-year low in the number of new laws passed in the UK, according to a Thomson Reuters spokesperson. Thomson Reuters research shows that more than a third of new laws in 2017 stemmed from the devolved Scottish Parliament and Northern Irish Assembly rather than Westminster. In total, 2,043 laws were made, a fall of 7% from the previous year, and less than half of the 4,262 laws in 2014.
18 July 2018
New laws hit a low point
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok
Clyde Co strengthens energy transition and construction offering with hire of Suriya Ashok
Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon
Jurit appoints rare dual-qualified lawyer to expand Anglo-French private wealth expertise
Twenty Essex—Thomas Hibbs, Jack Hollingworth & Sam Pearce
Three new tenants join Twenty Essex
NEWS
The Financial Reporting Council’s revised Audit Enforcement Procedure will alter the balance of power in corporate investigations
A telecoms operator may be able to hold over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, yet still be unable to secure a renewal: an outcome described as a legal ‘paradox’
Safety fears do not automatically justify shutting an interested person out of a statutory will application
Consumer credit law is heading for its biggest shake-up in 50 years, with the Consumer Credit Act 1974 set to yield much of its detailed statutory machinery to FCA rules
The Supreme Court has settled a long-running dispute over part-time workers: unfavourable treatment need be a significant or effective cause, not the sole cause
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