Law Society notices

Recent information from the Law Society's Library

ContractsThe Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 (Commencement No.3) Order 2000 SI 2000: 2225 (C.60).

Brings into force on 1 September 2000 various provisions of the 1998 Act.

Available at: http://www.hmso.gov.uk/stat.htm

CostsBunzl v Martin Bunzl International Ltd and Others, The Times, 19 September 2000 (ChD).Approach court should take when considering whether to grant an order for security for costs under Order 23, rule 1 of the Rules of the Supreme Court against a Swiss national.

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

Cook on Costs 2000.

A Guide to Legal Remuneration in Civil Contentious and Non-contentious Business (Butterworths, 2000, ISBN 0406929920).

New edition shelved in the library at bookcase 11E.

Criminal lawMagistrates' Courts Criminal Practice 2000 edited by David Brewer (Jordans, 2000, ISBN 0853083924).

Includes procedural guides, statutes, SIs, practice directions, PACE codes of practice and an extensive set of forms.

Shelved in the library at 11F.

DamagesDeducting Benefits from Damages for Personal Injury by Richard Lewis (Oxford University Press, 1999, ISBN 0198298609).

Shelved in the library at 12E.

EuropeProposed council directive imposing financial penalties on carriers bringing in illegal immigrants.

Available in Official Journal C 269 of 20.9.2000, p8 and at http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/oj/2000/c_26920000920en.html

EvidenceSomatra Ltd v Sinclair Roche & Temperley (a firm); Sinclair Roche & Temperley v Somatra Ltd and Others, The Times, 22 September 2000 (CA).Where a party relied on without prejudice communications to support its case in order to obtain an asset freezing injunction, the other party was entitled to refer to the same communications in order to advance its case.

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

Family lawA Practical Guide to Family Proceedings by Robert Blomfield and Helen Brooks (Jordan Publishing Ltd, 2000, ISBN 0853086478).

Aims to assist practitioners in preparing documentation and following procedure for court hearings.

In the library at bookcase 14E.

Human rights The Human Rights Act 1998 is due to come into force on Monday 2 October.

The Act gives direct effect to the European Convention on Human Rights in UK law and courts will have to consider and decide on human rights issues for the first time.

The text of the Act, links to recent cases, and media reports can be found on the Human Rights Directory at www.echr.net

The European Court of Human Rights, which houses its database of case law, HUDOC, can be found at www.echr.coe.int For advice on using the HUDOC database or other human rights resources contact the library.

To mark the entry into force of the Human Rights Act in the UK, Jordans Publishers has made its UK Human Rights Reports freely available on the Internet from 2 October until 31 December.

Access the reports at www.ukhrr.com

Legal aidA new Web site for legal aid lawyers is available at www.legalaidlawyers.com The site includes details of recent changes to legal aid, articles and a searchable directory of lawyers working in legal aid.

R v Legal Aid Board, Ex parte W and Others (Minors), The Times, 19 September 2000 (CA).The Legal Aid Board erred in an application for legal aid by a solicitor appointed by a guardian ad litem to represent a child in proceedings under s.34 of the Children Act 1989.

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

PensionsThe Inland Revenue has added draft regulations on personal pension schemes to its Web site at http://www.inlandrevenue.

gov.uk/consult/stk.htm

The Department of Social Security has published Stakeholder Pensions - a guide to registering as a stakeholder pension scheme provider and Stakeholder Pensions - a guide for employers.

Both are available at:http://www.dss .gov.uk/ publications/2000/index.htm

SolicitorsThe Law Society Directory of Solicitors, listing solicitors in England and Wales, is now available on-line (www.solicitors-online.com).

If you require a lawyer in another country use the Martindale-Hubbell Directory at www.martindale.com or contact the library for details of English solicitors based abroad or foreign lawyers based in the UK.

TrustsWalker and Others v Stones and Others, The Times, 26 September 2000 (CA).A breach of trust committed by a trustee who was also a partner in a firm of solicitors fell outside the ordinary course of the business of that firm, and the firm was not vicariously liable for the breach.

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

This list has been compiled by the Law Society's library.

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