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29 January 2009
Issue: 7354 / Categories: Legal News , Public , Human rights , Personal injury , Employment
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Legislation round-up

This update is provided by Current Awareness and News

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In force Legislation Summary
N/A Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill
A Bill to provide that certain asbestos-related conditions are actionable personal injuries; and for connected purposes.
N/A Broadcasting (Public Service
Content) Bill
A Bill to define public service content for the purposes of public service broadcasting.
N/A Employers’ Liability Insurance
Bureau Bill
A Bill to make provision for the creation of an employers’ liability insurance bureau comprising an electronic database and a fund of last resort; to make provision about employers’ liability insurance; and for connected purposes.
N/A Human Rights Act 1998 (Meaning of Public Authority) Bill
A Bill to clarify the meaning of “public authority” in s 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998.
N/A Sovereignty of Parliament (European Communities) Bill
A Bill to provide that Community treaties, Community instruments and Community obligations shall only be binding in legal proceedings in the UK insofar as they do not conflict with a subsequent, expressly inconsistent enactment of the Parliament of the UK.
N/A European Union (Audit of Benefits and Costs of UK Membership) Bill
A Bill to establish a Commission to carry out regular audits of the economic costs and benefits of the UK’s membership of the European Union; and for connected purposes.
N/A Equal Pay and Flexible Working Bill
A Bill to amend the Equal Pay Act 1970; and to make provision about flexible working

MOVERS & SHAKERS

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Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

NEWS

Family lawyers cite financial disincentives for issuing child protection orders

A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
Employers cannot rely on wellbeing services alone to defend workplace stress claims after a High Court decision awarding almost £1m to an overworked employee
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