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On 18 December the Minister for Industry and the Regions, Margaret Hodge, made a statement in Parliament setting out when certain provisions of the Companies Act 2006 will be brought into force. As expected, those that relate to the implementation of the Transparency Directive, including provisions to facilitate electronic communications between companies and their shareholders, will be brought into force on 20 January 2007.

The snappily titled Regulatory Reform (Execution of Deeds and Documents) Order 2005 came into force on the 15th September.

As part of the move to simplify pension provision, the Treasury is proposing to create a new FSA regulated activity in relation to personal pension schemes, including SIPPs.

The legislation governing the registration of a UK branch or place of business by an overseas company has recently changed, bringing together what were parallel regimes under the old legislation.

M&A activity is at record volume, but lessons learned from previous booms have taught us that it is essential to enhance business and shareholder value by conducting post-deal integration quickly and effectively.

A court clerk from East London is the first person to be charged under the new anti-bribery legislation. Munir Yakub Patel, 21, is charged with contravening section 2 of the Bribery Act 2010 for "requesting and receiving a bribe intending to improperly perform his functions" while working at Redbridge Magistrates' Court in Ilford.

In Thomas v Farr plc and Hanover Park Commercial Limited the Court of Appeal reviewed recent case law on restrictive covenants and upheld a 12 month non competition clause even though the employment contract also included non solicitation and confidentiality clauses.

A recent marketing survey revealed that ageism is the most common form of discrimination in the work place.

In the recent case of Astbury v Gist Limited the Employment Appeal Tribunal ("EAT") has examined the question, raised by the Court of Appeal in Dacas v Brook Street Bureau, whether an express contract for services between a worker and an agency precluded an implied contract of employment between the worker and the end user.

In a written ministerial statement issued this week, Edward Davey, Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs BIS, announced that there will be no amendments to the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 and so they will come into force as drafted in October 2011.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has decided that TUPE is capable of applying where an undertaking in the UK is sold to a foreign buyer and immediately shifted to a new location abroad.

On 20 June 2005 the Department of Health issued a consultation paper (Consultation on the Smokefree Elements of the Health Improvement and Protection Bill) which proposes legislation to make most enclosed public places and work places smoke-free. This consultation closes on 5 September.

Yesterday afternoon, Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings was fined £385,000 following its conviction for corporate manslaughter which came earlier this week.

The Court of Appeal has reversed the EAT's decision in the above case, although it has not definitively ruled out the application of Regulation 8(7) of TUPE in instances of pre-pack administration.

A new Private Members Bill has been put before the House of Commons.

The EAT's judgment in Cable Realisations Ltd v GMB Northern is a significant decision covering the duty to inform and consult on a TUPE transfer.

The latest draft of the Prospectus Directive has recently been published.

The legislation governing the operation of fatal accident inquiries (FAIs) in Scotland is to be reviewed for the first time in over 30 years.