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26 October 2012 / Roderick Ramage
Issue: 7535 / Categories: Blogs
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Law in 101 words

Snippets from Roderick Ramage of The Reduced law Dictionary

Autoenrolment

By 2018, but starting on 1 October 2012 for the largest employers, every employer will have to enrol all its jobholders with qualifying earnings (£8,105 pa), aged 22 and over and under the state pension age, as active members of an automatic enrolment scheme, unless they are active members of a qualifying scheme. If the scheme is money purchase, the minimum contributions will be 8% of pay between the LEL and the UEL of which the employer pays at least 3% and the employee the balance. A DB scheme, which is contacted-out or accrues at 120th of final pay, also qualifies.

Fouling by dogs

Local authorities may pursuant to s55 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environmental Act 2005 make dog control orders under which an offence is committed if it relates to various matters including the fouling of land by dogs and the removal of dog faeces. Land is any land which is open to the air and to which the public are entitled or permitted to have access (with or without payment),

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

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Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

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Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

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From gender-critical speech to notice periods and incapability dismissals, employment law continues to turn on fine distinctions. In his latest employment law brief for NLJ, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School reviews a cluster of recent decisions, led by Bailey v Stonewall, where the Court of Appeal clarified the limits of third-party liability under the Equality Act
Non-molestation orders are meant to be the frontline defence against domestic abuse, yet their enforcement often falls short. Writing in NLJ this week, Jeni Kavanagh, Jessica Mortimer and Oliver Kavanagh analyse why the criminalisation of breach has failed to deliver consistent protection
Assisted dying remains one of the most fraught fault lines in English law, where compassion and criminal liability sit uncomfortably close. Writing in NLJ this week, Julie Gowland and Barny Croft of Birketts examine how acts motivated by care—booking travel, completing paperwork, or offering emotional support—can still fall within the wide reach of the Suicide Act 1961
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