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21 February 2008
Issue: 7309 / Categories: Legal News , Local government , Public , Community care
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Education, Judicial Committee, Controlled Drugs

Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/235) Commence 28 February 2008. Provide that a student who is a prisoner during any part of the academic year is not eligible for any part of the full-time student support package, with the exception of tuition fee support and  disabled students’ allowance.

 

Judicial Committee (General Appellate Jurisdiction) Rules (Amendment) Order 2008 (SI 2008/300) Commences 4 March 2008. Omits the current requirement for the parties to examine the proofs of the record and the corresponding fee. The record means the aggregate of papers relating to an appeal proper (including the pleadings, proceedings, evidence, judgments and order granting leave to appeal) to be laid before Her Majesty in council on the hearing of the appeal. The parties will prepare the record and then send it to the registry for approval. The registrar may, if necessary, give directions for it to be rearranged. Once the record has been approved by the registry it is then reproduced by the appellant who is required to send a number of copies to the registry and to the other parties.

 

Controlled Drugs (Drug Precursors) (Community External Trade) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/296) Commence on 7 March 2008. Implement Council Reg 111/2005/EC, which imposes obligations on operators in respect of the documentation, recording and labelling of substances useful for the manufacture of controlled drugs, known as drug precursors(scheduled substances). It requires: operators engaged in  the export or import or in intermediary activities involving scheduled substances to have a licence; and operators to notify the competent authorities about any circumstances which suggest that scheduled substances intended for import, export or intermediary activities might be diverted for the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances.

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
The Court of Protection has ruled in Macpherson v Sunderland City Council that capacity must be presumed unless clearly rebutted. In this week's NLJ, Sam Karim KC and Sophie Hurst of Kings Chambers dissect the judgment and set out practical guidance for advisers faced with issues relating to retrospective capacity and/or assessments without an examination
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
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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
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