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NEWS ROUND-UP |
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The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 will replace the House of Lords as the highest appellate court in the UK with a new Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is not expected to take over until October 2009 and so the relevant provisions of the Act have not yet come into force. In the meantime, consultation on the new Supreme Court Rules has begun. Draft rules, covering both civil and criminal appeals, have been published and are freely available at: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/upload/SupremeCourt_rulesconsultation.pdf Responses are invited by 10 April 2007. |
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Consultation on Supreme Court Rules published |
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The European Commission has proposed a new Directive on the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer (COM(2006) 657 - 2006/0220 (COD)). The purpose of the Directive is to codify the current EC Directive (1980/987) and subsequent legislation which has amended it. The new Directive will supersede the current one, but since no substantive amendments will be made to the law, it will be adopted using the fast-track process. |
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Proposed EC Directive protecting employees where their employer is insolvent See CLM: ¶6423, ¶7754, ¶8473, ¶8830, ¶9266 |
