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22 May 2008
Issue: 7322 / Categories: Legal News , Local government , Public , Community care
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Disabled Facilities Grants (Maximum Amounts and Addit ional Purposes) (England) 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

Anthony Collins—20 promotions

Anthony Collins—20 promotions

20 promotions mark major people investment at national law firm, Anthony Collins

Sidley—Elaine Whiteford

Sidley—Elaine Whiteford

Sidley adds competition litigator Elaine Whiteford in London

Charles Russell Speechlys—Claudina D’Costa

Charles Russell Speechlys—Claudina D’Costa

Charles Russell Speechlys welcomes Claudina D’Costa as Director of Client Development Marketing

NEWS
The 25th Pro Bono Week begins today until 6 November, with events hosted by law firms, chambers, law schools and charities across the UK
Pro bono is celebrating a silver anniversary, with initiatives putting businesses and students at the heart of access to justice
Choosing the wrong expert can cost a clinical negligence claimant more than their case
Judges risk weakening their own independence by staying silent over government reforms, a leading public lawyer argues
A discount on damages does not automatically mean an equivalent haircut for legal costs in military deafness claims
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