Items of interest from The Law Society library

EmploymentEmployment Law: An Advisers' Handbook, 4th ed by Thomas Kibling and Tamara Lewis (Legal Action Group, 2000, ISBN 0905099931).

A textbook which aims to provide information in employment areas including contracts, unfair dismissal and unlawful discrimination.

Shelved in the library at bookcase 13E.

European Union Cross border insolvency proceedings - Council Regulation No.

1346/2000 of 29 May 2000, available at:http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/dat/2000/l_160/l_16020000630en00010018.pdf

Enforcement of judgmentsCouncil Regulation No.

1347/2000 of 29 May 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and in matters of parental responsibility for children of both spouses, available at:http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/dat/2000/l_160/l_16020000630en00190036.pdf

Service of documents in EC member statesCouncil Regulation No.

1348/2000 on the service in Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents, available at: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/dat/2000/l_160/l_16020000630en00370052.pdf

Family LawAncillary relief handbook, 2nd ed by Roger Bird (Jordan Publishing, 2000, ISBN 0853086338).

A practitioners handbook on ancillary relief, including pre-application protocol and many precedents.

Shelved in the library at bookcase 14E.

Inland RevenueR v Inland Revenue Commissioners, ex parte Davis Frankel & Mead (a Firm), The Times, 11 July 2000 (QBD)When investigating the affairs of a taxpayer, the Board of Inland Revenue can delegate to one of its officers the power to issue a notice on the taxpayer's solicitors to produce documents relevant to the enquiry.

The necessity to examine the taxpayer's affairs outweighed the heavy impact on the solicitors and the notice could not be challenged for being unduly oppressive.

Available at: http://www.the-times.co.uk/

InsolvencyNational Westminster Bank plc v Jones and others, The Times, 7 July 2000 (ChD)A transaction involving the forming of a company and the granting to it of an agricultural tenancy of a farm was held to be a transaction at an undervalue pursuant to section 423 Insolvency Act 1986 even though the transaction did not diminish the debtors' assets and the creditors as a whole were not disadvantaged.

Available at: http://www.the-times.co.uk/

Information TechnologyElectronic commerce: law and practice (2nd ed) by Michael Chissick and Alistair Kelman (Sweet & Maxwell, 2000, ISBN 042170800X).

E-commerce, security and intellectual property rights are covered; the book has a code of practice for Web traders.

Shelved at bookcase 15G.

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