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10 April 2008
Issue: 7316 / Categories: Legal News , Public , Legal services , Constitutional law
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Charities Act 2006 (Commencement No 4, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2008 (SI 2008/945) Brought into force, intralia, the fol lowing provisions of the Charities Act 2006 on 1 April 2008: s 1 (meaning of charity); s 2 (meaning of “charitable purpose”); s 3 (“public benefit” test); s 4(6) (guidance as to the operation of the public benefit requirement); s 5(1) (special provisions about recreational charities, sports clubs etc); s 5(2) (special provisions about recreational charities, sports clubs etc); s 29(1) (duty of auditor etc. of charity which is not a company to report matters to the Commission); s 30 (Group Accounts); s 33 (duty of auditor etc of charitable company to report matters to the Commission); and s 38 (power of Commission to relieve trustees, auditors etc from liability for breach of trust or duty.

 

Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (Commencement No 5) Order 2008 (SI 2008/956) Brought into force on 6 April 2008 the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005, s 68, which repeals the Dogs Act 1906, s 3, with savings for the purposes of the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953, s 2(2), (3) and makes minor amendments to the Environmental Protection Act 1990, s 150. Also brings into force the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005, Sch 5, Pt 6, which also repeals the Dogs Act 1906, s 4, the Dogs (Amendment) Act 1928, s 2 and the Local Government Act 1988, s 39.

Housing Act 2004 (Commencement No 11) (England and Wales) Order 2008 (SI 2008/898) Commenced 6 April 2008. Brings Pt 5 of (and Schedule 8 to) the Housing Act 2004, which relate to Home Information Packs (HIPs), fully in force in England and Wales on 6 April 2008. Earlier commencement orders introduced HIPs on a phased basis. Now they are introduced for all residential properties, unless excepted under Part 6 of the Home Information Pack (No 2) Regulations 2007.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

International hospitality and leisure specialist joins corporate team as partner

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Firm appoints head of intellectual property to drive northern growth

NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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