Law Society notices ;Recent information from the Law Societys library ; ;Civil procedure ;High Court Procedural Tables 2000. Butterworths, 2000. Part of the subscription to Atkins Court Forms. ;An excellent, well set-out guide to the steps to be taken in various procedures such as service of documents, interim remedies and enforcement of judgments, in proceedings before the High Court. Provides details of all stages, time limits, related rules in the Civil Procedure Rules and related forms, most of which are available on the Court Service Web site at: www.courtservice.gov.uk ;Shelved in the library at 63G. ; ;Client care ;Guidance, suggested terms of business and sample client care letters to help the solicitor provide clear information to the client are all available at: www.clientcare.lawsociety.org.uk ; ;Costs ;A v A (Maintenance pending suit: provision for legal fees), The Times, 14 November 2000 (FamD). ;During divorce proceedings pending suit the court could under s.22 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 make an order for monthly maintenance payments to include the payees legal fees. Available under British News on The Times Web site at: http://www.thetimes.co.uk ; ;Courts ;The Court Funds (Amendment) Rules 2000. SI 2000: 2918 (L.24). Comes into force on 1 December 2000. Amends SI 1987: 821. The rules are available at: www.hmso.gov.uk/ ;stat.htm ; ;Family ;At Court: Ancillary Relief Authorities and Precedents. Bruce Blair and others. Sweet & Maxwell, 2000. ISBN 0421746408. A free supplement to Practical Matrimonial Precedents, this excellent guide to conducting proceedings and drafting court documents includes specimen questions, directions and clauses for consent orders with associated legislation and forms. ;Shelved in the library at 12G. ; ;Financial services ;The Exempt Professional Firms Sourcebook. Financial Services Authority green paper (FSA Consultation Paper no. 69). Published 31 October 2000. ;Draft guidance and disclosure rules on the exercise of the FSAs duties and powers in respect of professional firms (solicitors, accountants and actuaries) that will be exempt professional firms under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. ;Copies available on 0845 608 2372 or at www.fsa.gov.uk/ ;pubs/cp/index-2000.html ; ;Internet ;Developing Common Standards. Metadata Scheme for Web sites in the Legal and Advice Sectors. Consultation Paper, November 2000, Lord Chancellors Department. Responses by 12 January 2001. ;Proposals for a standard classification scheme for Web site legal content to promote common standards across Internet sites providing legal information. The proposals are available at: www.open.gov.uk/lcd/consult/meta/metafr.htm ; ;Investigatory powers ;The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Notification of Authorisations etc.) Order 2000. SI 2000: 2563. Came into force on 25 September 2000. ;Specifies matters to be notified to an ordinary surveillance commissioner when a person grants, renews or cancels a police or customs authorisation for the carrying out of intrusive surveillance under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 pt II. Both the Act and the SI are available at on the Internet at: www.hmso.gov.uk ; ;Other UK jurisdictions ;The Law Society library stocks legislation, law reports and textbooks for the other UK jurisdictions including the Isle of Man, Channel Islands, Northern Ireland and Scotland. We also have a large Irish law collection. We can provide contacts for lawyers specialising in these jurisdictions, offer help with research in aspects of law and advice on the complicated process of updating legislation. We also produce research guides on the other UK jurisdictions which can be obtained from the library. ; ;Pensions and social security ;The Sharing of State Scheme Rights (Provision of Information and Valuation)(No.2) Regulations 2000. SI 2000: 2914. Comes into force on 1 December 2000. Revokes and replaces the defective original version (SI 2000: 2693). ;The Pension Sharing (Contracting-out) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2000. SI 2000: 2975. Comes into force on 1 December 2000. ;The Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2000. SI 2000: 2950 (C.87) and (Commencement No. 3) Order 2000. SI 2000: 2994 (C.94). Brings into force some provisions of the Act on various days. ;All are available at: www.hmso.gov.uk/stat.htm ; ;Shipping case index ;Morgans solicitors has produced a shipping case index database which is available on its Web site (www.morgans-law.com). The database contains notes to over a thousand shipping cases from English courts dating from 1990 to present with references taken from the Lloyds Reports, All ER, WLR and the Official series. ; ;This list has been compiled by the Law Societys library. 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