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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

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

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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
Lawyers can no longer afford to ignore the metaverse, says Jacqueline Watts of Allin1 Advisory in this week's NLJ. Far from being a passing tech fad, virtual platforms like Roblox host thriving economies and social interactions, raising real legal issues
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