Recent information from the Law Society's library

Civil procedureCivil Procedure Rules 1998 - 24th update, Lord Chancellor's Department, 7 September 2001.

Mostly coming into force on Monday 15 October.

Available at: http://www.lcd.gov.uk/index.htm

Civil Procedure Rules 1998 - 25th update will be published in early December and come into force in March 2002.CompetitionThe EC Competition Law (Articles 84 and 85) Enforcement Regulations 2001.

(SI 2001: 2916).

In force 17 August 2001.

Revoke and replace the 1996 regulations of the same title.

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

EuropeTakeovers Directive.

Following the rejection of the 1995 proposed Directive in July 2001, the European Commission has set up a High Level Group of Company Law Experts to help prepare a new proposed directive.

See European Commission Press Release IP/01/1237, available on the Rapid database at: http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh

Financial participation of employees.

A European Commission Staff Working Paper covering issues such as profit sharing, share options, and employee share ownership.

Responses by 30 October 2001.

Available at: http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/consultations/list.htm

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