What does Consultation mean? In pensions practice, consultation is the employer’s statutory duty to consult affected members or their representatives before implementing material changes to an occupational pension scheme. In England & Wales and Scotland this duty is set out in the Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Consultation by Employers and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2006, made under the Pensions Act 2004, with corresponding regulations in Northern Ireland and oversight by The Pensions Regulator (TPR). The duty typically applies to employers with at least 50 employees and requires at least 60 days’ consultation with active and prospective members (or recognised unions), providing sufficient written...
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This tracker is designed to monitor the development of UK design judgments, legislative proposals and ongoing UK consultations, guidance and reports concerning designs. For details on EU design judgments, legislative initiatives and current EU consultations, guidance and reports on designs, see Practice Note: Designs tracker—EU. For archived material on designs, see Practice Notes: 2023–2024 [Archived] and Designs tracker 2017–2022 [Archived].
For archived design legislation, see Practice Notes: 2023–2024 [Archived]—Legislation, consultations, guidance and reports and Designs tracker 2017–2022 [Archived]—Legislation. For archived design consultations, see Practice Notes: 2023–2024 [Archived]—Legislation, consultations, guidance and reports and Designs tracker 2017–2022 [Archived]—Consultations.
To learn more about the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (REUL(RR)A 2023), see Practice Note: Brexit legislation tracker, in particular the section: Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023. For insight into how REUL(RR)A 2023 affects IP law, see Practice Note: Designs—UK/EU comparison.
To follow the ‘One IPO’ transformation programme, see Practice Note: ‘One IPO’ transformation programme—tracker. For details of the consultations undertaken within this programme, see News Analysis: Consultations on the One IPO Transformation Programme.
When evaluating a general damages claim, the practitioner ought initially to refer to the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG)...
This Practice Note This Practice Note reviews mechanisms used in settling litigation. A Tomlin order consists of a consent order paired with a schedule. It operates to stay proceedings on terms that have been agreed. The provisions contained in the schedule may remain confidential. This Practice Note describes the scope of confidentiality attaching to the schedule and sets out how it differs from a standard consent order. Sample wording for a Tomlin order is included, alongside links to precedents, as well as guidance on court approval. It also addresses varying, setting aside and enforcing a Tomlin order, including the considerations the court will take into account when handling applications for each. Further guidance is provided on interpreting and applying the relevant provisions of the CPR; however, some courts and divisions impose very specific requirements for both drafting and approval, and for approaching the schedule and confidentiality issues. Accordingly, you must consider the particular rules and court guide provisions in the forum where your claim is proceeding when drawing up the Tomlin order...
Date [ date ] Parties [ name of Landlord ] [ of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [ number ]) with its registered office at ] [ address ] (Landlord) [ name of Tenant ] [ of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [ number ]) with its registered office at ] [ address ] (Tenant) [ [ name of Guarantor ] [ of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [ number ]) with its registered office at ] [ address ] (Guarantor) ] [ [ name of Mortgagee ] [ of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [ number ]) with its registered office at ] [ address ] (Mortgagee) ] Definitions Within this Deed, the terms below shall be interpreted as follows: [ Annual Rent • the annual sum reserved under the Lease; ] [ Insurance Rent • the Tenant’s share of the Landlord’s costs of insuring the Property (as set out in the Lease); ] Lease • the lease of the Property dated [ date ], entered into between (1) [ the Landlord OR [ name ...
I, [ name ], of [ address ], solemnly and sincerely state that: [ Matters to be verified, set out in numbered paragraphs ] I make this solemn statement in good conscience, believing it to be true, and pursuant to the provisions of the Statutory Declarations Act 1835. DECLARED at [ details ] this [ day ] day of [ month and year ] Before me ................................................................................ [ signature of the person before whom the declaration is made ] A [ commissioner for oaths OR [ solicitor OR [ insert other qualification ] ] authorised to administer oaths ]...