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recent changes to the rules that had the entirely opposite effect to what was intended and have led to confusion and satellite litigation.
The
pending changes to the Rules are not about e-discovery alone, but will have a significant impact on how parties deal with electronically stored information.
Since 1991, moreover, there have been over 70
changes to the rules on child maintenance introduced through regulations.
In one final move of spite, once the meeting was drawing to a close, right - wingers on the NEC proposed a set of
changes to the rules for the leadership election, imposing a cut - off date of January 12th (exactly six months) to freeze out over 130,000 new members, and raised the registered supporters fee to # 25, pricing out many working class supporters of the party.
New
changes to rules about reverse mortgages enacted by the government in October threaten to make them less attractive to senior borrowers.
The house of delegates of the New York State Bar Association last week approved
proposed changes to the rules of professional conduct that would allow lawyers from outside the state — particularly corporate counsel — greater freedom to practice there.
The appellants in AA (Pakistan)[2008] UKAIT 00003 (21 December 2007) had originally applied for HSMP status in reliance on Home Office guidance which said that: (i) applications would be considered on the basis of the HSMP rules at the time they were submitted; (ii) the Home Office might make
changes to the rules in the future; and (iii) that once in the programme, they would be in a category that led to settlement.
The reason for the detailed analysis of summary judgment motions in Ontario largely stems
from changes to the Rules of Civil Procedure in 2010 which were intended to make civil litigation more affordable and accessible following the Osborne Report.
Licensees should also have their buyers and sellers consult their lawyers about dates — both as to court approval and completion — as the time required to have orders for sale approved may have increased as a result of
changes to rules regarding foreclosure practice.
It is to be hoped that the rethink will (assuming it is implemented) bring the provisions which tax non-domiciled UK residents who receive benefits from offshore trusts (contained in Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (TCGA 1992), s 87) more closely into line with the proposed
changes to the rules which charge settlors who are able to benefit under their settlements.
On April 7 the Illinois Supreme Court
announced changes to Rule of Professional Conduct 1.15 concerning how lawyers and law firms should handle unidentified funds accumulated in their IOLTA accounts.
The Labour
government changed to rules to allow Gurkhas who retired after 1997 — when the brigade HQ moved from Hong Kong to Britain — to settle in the UK, but soldiers who retired earlier were only allowed the same settlement rights in exceptional circumstance.
Virgin Atlantic has announced some big and wide -
reaching changes to rules governing how many miles Flying Club members will earn when flying on Delta, how many Flying Club miles members will need to book awards on Delta and how many Tier Points members will earn when flying on Delta.
However,
new changes to the rules regarding rate of play could disproportionately benefit the pitchers which would lead to lower batting averages across the league.
As indicated above, if, after receiving comments on Start Printed Page 16907the issues raised by the President's Memorandum, the Department concludes that significant changes are necessary or that it needs more time to complete its review, it retains the ability to further extend the January 1, 2018 applicability dates or to grant additional interim relief, such as more streamlined PTEs, as it finalizes its review and decides whether to make more
general changes to the Rule or PTEs.
The success of these techniques has
required changes to the Rules of Court, training for judges in pre-trial techniques and genuine desire on the part of lawyers and their clients to get the case resolved.
The Committee concluded that «changes to Avvo's mode of operation — or
future changes to the Rules of Professional Conduct — could lead us to alter our conclusions.»
The National Center for State Courts has released its final evaluation of Utah's significant
statewide changes to the rules governing disclosures and discovery, implemented in November 2011.
The first hottest news is that the American Bar Association in Boston this afternoon approved a major
change to the rules concerning migrating lawyers.
Changing regulations in Canada's mortgage market Since 2008, the federal government has made
several changes to the rules for mortgages insured through the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) and other private sector mortgage insurance providers.
Borzi added that DOL will not be making «
fundamental changes to the rule, [but] mostly clarifications,» which will come in the form of additional guidance.