Autumn2013


robert Leeder, Policy and Committees Coordinator


Policy and Committees Coordinator’s report


Since early July 2013, the CLLS Specialist Committees have responded to the following consultations:


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BIS: draft Consumer Rights Bill; “Streamlining Regulatory and Competition Appeals”.


• BIS & CMA: “Competition regime: CMA priorities and draft secondary legislation”.


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Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee: pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Consumer Rights Bill.


Civil Procedure Rule Committee: “Costs budgeting and costs management”.


• CMA, BIS, OFT & CC: “Competition and Markets Authority guidance: part 1”.


• Committee on Standards in Public Life: “Lobbying: Issues and Questions paper”.


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Defra: “Consultation on the Waste Prevention Programme for England”.


• HMRC: “A review of two aspects of the tax rules on partnerships”; “Strengthening the Code of Practice on taxation for banks”; “Reform of close company loans to participators rules”;


“Modernising the taxation of corporate debt and derivative contracts”.


• HMT and HMRC: “Venture Capital Trusts share buy-backs”.


• JAC: “Crime and Courts Act 2013: Consultation on the application of the equal merit provision”.


• IPO: “Technical review of draft legislation on copyright exceptions“.


• Law Commission: “Patents, Trade Marks and Design Rights: Groundless Threats”.


• MoJ: review of the legal services regulatory framework; “Proposed new rules about deferred prosecution agreements”.


• SFO: “Deferred Prosecution Agreements: Consultation on draft Code of Practice.”


• SRA: “Red Tape Initiative - Phase 2: Removing unnecessary regulations and simplifying processes”; “SRA Consultation on New Overseas Rules”.


All of these submissions are available on the Committees’ webpages, accessible via http://www.citysolicitors.org.uk


City of London Law Society Website Update


The City of London Law Society has amended the design of its website. Members will see an increased capacity on the home page for news, updates from the specialist Committees and the Society’s Twitter feed. The design of the Specialist Committees’ pages has also been enhanced to include summaries of all response papers on the site in future and a more user-friendly document download facility.


City Solicitor • Issue 83 • 9


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