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Executors who are not proving and have not renounced probate
23/04/12 from QED - Queries and Enquiries Database
Date created: 23/04/12Where, on an application for probate, power is reserved to surviving executors who have not renounced, notice of the application must be given to the executors to whom power is reserved unless the district judge or registrar dispenses with the giving of notice. (Non-Contentious Probate Rules 1987, SI 1987/1876, r 27(1)). The oath must state that such notice has been given. A
Solicitors taking own IT equipment into prisons to work with clients
30/03/12 from QED - Queries and Enquiries Database
Date created: 30/03/12A Prison Service Instruction (PSI) issued 26 March 2012 (Conveyance and possession of prohibited items and other related offences, PSI 10/2012, paragraphs 5.19-5.28 and annex 2 section B) authorises solicitors and legal advisers to take their own IT equipment into prisons and work digitally with their clients. See link below to Justice website.
First alternative business structure firms (ABS)
29/03/12 from QED - Queries and Enquiries Database
Date created: 29/03/12The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) announced on 28 March 2012 that the first three practices licensed as alternative business structures (ABS) were Co-operative Legal Services, Lawbridge Solicitors and John Welch and Stammers. Lawbridge Solicitors Ltd is an existing incorporated recognised body run by sole practitioner Michael Pope. John Welch and Stammers has seven fe
Free movement of services - posted workers
28/03/12 from EU Developments
Date created : 28/03/12Proposal COM (2012) 131 published on 21/03/12, see EUR-lex (link below) for a copy.For information on Directive 96/71/EC see record 'Free movement of services - employment postings abroad'.
Employment: A Breach of Trust and Confidence?
01/03/12 from UK Legal News Analysis
The High Court recently considered whether implied term of trust and confidence in individual contracts of employment had been breached. Alex Denny, partner at Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, talks to Jon Robins about the issues raised by the case