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Statwatch

22 May 2008
Issue: 7322 / Categories: Legal News , Public , Property , Housing
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Property

Home Information Pack (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/1266) Commence 1 June 2008. Amend the Home Information Pack (No 2) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/1667). Under the Housing Act 2004, ss 155 to 159, a home information pack must comply with the principal Regulations.

Amends reg 10A(1) (leasehold information included during a temporary period), reg 16(1)(a) (energy information unobtainable before or at the first point of marketing) and reg 34(2)(a) (first day marketing during a temporary period) to extend until 1 January 2009 the exemptions set out in those Regulations.

Issue: 7322 / Categories: Legal News , Public , Property , Housing
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Firm grows international bench with expanded UK partner class

Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

Firm makes major statement in the capital with strategic growth at The Shard

Myers & Co—Jess Latham

Myers & Co—Jess Latham

Residential conveyancing team expands with solicitor hire

NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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