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Statwatch

22 May 2008
Issue: 7322 / Categories: Legal News , Local government , Public , Community care
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News

Disabled Facilities Grants (Maximum Amounts and Addit ional Purposes) () Order 2008 (SI 2008/1189) Commenced 22 May 2008. Prescribes £30,000 as the maximum amount of mandatory disabled facilities grant that a local housing authority can be required to pay. Specifies additional purposes for which an application for a grant must be approved, regarding facilitating access by the disabled occupant to and from a garden and for making the access to a garden safe for the disabled occupant.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Sports, education and charities practice welcomes senior associate

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Partner and head of commercial litigation joins in Chelmsford

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Firm strengthens Glasgow corporate practice with partner 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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