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📅 February Edition Highlights! 📅 In February’s edition of PL, we covered an adoption decision where a judge criticised the LA for refusing a birth mother direct contact with her child. 👩‍⚖️👶 📖✨practicallawyer.co.uk/adopti… #adoption #practicallawyer

📜 Legislation Update! 📜 The Arbitration Act 2025 received Royal Assent on 24 February 2025. 🎉 It updates the Arbitration Act 1996 and enacts the Law Commission’s recommendations. 📑🔍Stay informed :📢✨ practicallawyer.co.uk/arbitr… #legalupdates #arbitration #PracticalLawyer

📢 New Guidance Alert! 📢 ACAS has published new guidance for employers on understanding neurodiversity. 🧠✨ This is a valuable resource to help create more inclusive workplaces. 🌟👥practicallawyer.co.uk/neurod… #Inclusion #DiversityInLaw #Neurodiversity

📢 HMLR Update Alert! 📢 HMLR has updated PG16 (profits à prendre). While it's not a practice guide that practitioners use every day, it's crucial to ensure the correct forms are used. 📝✅practicallawyer.co.uk/hmlr-p… #newlaw #locallaw #practicallawyers

🎉 The Latest Edition of Practical Lawyers is Now Live! 📚✨ Dive into fresh insights and stay ahead with the newest developments in the legal world. 🌟 Don’t miss out—click the link to explore all the valuable content! 🔗💼 practicallawyer.co.uk/issue/….

📢 HMLR has updated PG8 (execution of deeds) by adding a new section 2.7 to provide guidance where a deed has been executed by either a partnership or a limited partnership: practicallawyer.co.uk/hmlr-p… #PropertyLaw #LegalUpdate

📢 Practitioners will find useful the judicial comments by Davis LJ around prison conditions in the context of sentencing, in a recent CA ruling following a reference by the AG of a sentence as unduly lenient. practicallawyer.co.uk/senten… #LegalInsight #JudicialComments

Unlawful deduction: 📢 The employment tribunals have recently considered several cases involving unlawful deduction from wages 💰. Check out our Dec 2024/Jan 2025 edition, p17 for details!: practicallawyer.co.uk/wages-… #EmploymentLaw #LegalUpdate

SRA- Cold Calls : 🚨 The SRA has issued a warning notice to firms about prohibited marketing practices, such as cold calling 📞, door knocking 🚪, and directly targeted online messaging 💻:practicallawyer.co.uk/sra-co…

🎉 The Latest Edition of Practical Lawyers is Now Live! 📚✨ Dive into fresh insights and stay ahead with the newest developments in the legal world. 🌟 Don’t miss out—click the link to explore all the valuable content! 🔗💼practicallawyer.co.uk/issue/… #practicallawyers #locallaw

📢 Important Update! 📢 New disregards to financial eligibility tests for criminal legal aid are now in effect (2024 Amendment Regulations). ⚖️💼 Stay compliant! practicallawyer.co.uk/legal-… 📜✅ #LegalAid #RegulationsUpdate #CriminalLaw @AdaptLaw

📢 Legislative Update! 📢 The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 could significantly impact the leasehold sector. 🏢🏡 Currently, only a small part is in force. 📜✅ Stay informed! 📚🔍practicallawyer.co.uk/leaseh… #LeaseholdReform #PropertyLaw #LegalUpdate @AdaptLaw

📢 New Resource Alert! 📢 A new Commons briefing paper on child maintenance, arrears, and enforcement is out now. 📄👶💼 Stay updated and use this valuable resource! 📚✅practicallawyer.co.uk/child-… #ChildMaintenance #LegalUpdate #Practitioners @AdaptLaw

📢 Important Update! 📢 New mandatory disregards to financial eligibility tests for criminal legal aid are now in effect (2024 Amendment Regulations). ⚖️💼 Stay compliant! 📜✅: practicallawyer.co.uk/hmlr-p… #LegalAid #RegulationsUpdate #CriminalLaw @AdaptLaw

🚨 New Issue Alert! 🚨 The latest edition of Practical Lawyers is now live! 📚 Dive into fresh insights and stay ahead with the newest developments in the legal world. Don’t miss out—click the link to explore all the valuable content. 🔗:practicallawyer.co.uk/issue/…

📢 Attention all employers and advisers: The Worker Protection Act (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 came into force on October 26, 2024. 📅 This new legislation shifts the duty on employers from redress to prevention. 🛡️ Stay informed ! ✅ practicallawyer.co.uk/sexual…

📢 Attention practitioners: Please note the recent changes to the Criminal Procedural Rules, which came into force on October 7, 2024. ⚖️ Stay informed to ensure you are compliant! 📅 practicallawyer.co.uk/proced… #LegalUpdates #Compliance #StayInformed #LawPractitioners#LegalNews

📢 Attention CLC regulated practices: Important changes are on the horizon! 🌟 On October 21, 2024, new updates were announced. Click here for more details! 📅📅 practicallawyer.co.uk/clc-co… #CLCUpdates #RegulationChanges #LegalPractices#IndustryNews

📢 Attention all practitioners: Please be aware of the new anti-fraud powers announced by the Treasury on October 3, 2024. 🛡️ These measures are designed to enhance your ability to combat fraud effectively. 🔍practicallawyer.co.uk/banks-… #AntiFraud #FraudAwareness

📢New Issue Alert: Practical Lawyers is Now Live! 📚 The latest issue of Practical Lawyers is now available. Click the link to explore the new content and stay updated with the latest insights and developments in the legal field. 🔗practicallawyer.co.uk/issue/…