Law Weblog

1 January 2009 – European Small Claims Procedure comes into effect

Thursday 1 January 2009 at 10:03 am | In News | Post Comment From 1 January 2009, the High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 2008 amends SI 1991/724 gives the county court jurisdiction to create a European small claims procedure.

The procedure will provide citizens and businesses all over Europe with a speedy and affordable civil procedure which is uniform in all Member States, it will apply in civil and commercial matters where the value of a claim does not exceed EUR 2000.

Import and export of cat and dog furs prohibited

Thursday 1 January 2009 at 9:53 am | In News | Post Comment The coming into force on 31 December 2008 of the Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Import, Export and Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008, makes the import of cat or dog fur illegal in the UK.

This has been a long, hard, determined battle since the Humane Society International (HSI) uncovered this horrific trade back in 1998. The USA and Australia already had a ban in place so with heartfelt hope and gratitude that common decency prevailed this time we pray that the EU’s landmark decision will signify an end to this vile trade for good.

Heather Mills

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