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22 May 2008
Issue: 7322 / Categories: Legal News , Public , Property , Housing
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Statwatch

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

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Partner hire strengthens global infrastructure and energy financing practice

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Legal director bolsters international expertise in dispute resolution team

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Corporate governance and company law specialist joins the team

NEWS

NOTICE UNDER THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925

HERBERT SMITH STAFF PENSION SCHEME (THE “SCHEME”)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND BENEFICIARIES UNDER SECTION 27 OF THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925
Law firm HFW is offering clients lawyers on call for dawn raids, sanctions issues and other regulatory emergencies
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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