Research Briefing
Enforcement officers (formerly known as bailiffs)
This Commons Library briefing paper summarises the regulation of enforcement agents (formerly known as bailiffs) and answers commonly asked questions about “bailiff" action.
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Research Briefing
Product safety
This briefing paper provides an overview of the current product safety regime in the UK.
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Research Briefing
Online advertising
This briefing considers the Online Safety Bill and the Online Advertising Programme consultation. It also looks at other initiatives and proposed regulatory interventions that would impact on online advertising.
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Research Briefing
Shops opening on Christmas Day
This short briefing paper summarises the background to the Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004 and its main provisions. It also outlines the position in Scotland under the Christmas Day and New Year’s Day Trading (Scotland) Act 2007.
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Research Briefing
Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill 2022/23: Progress of the Bill
A briefing on the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill 2022-23 following its completion of Committee Stage in the House of Commons.
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Research Briefing
Ticket resales
This briefing paper outlines the current regulation of the secondary ticketing market. It also considers recent initiatives to tighten regulation of this sector.
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Research Briefing
Regulation of hairdressers
This Commons briefing paper provides information on the current regulation of hairdressers in the UK.
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Research Briefing
Tracing ownership of property or land
This briefing paper provides information on how to trace ownership of a property or piece of land, in the process it also provides a summary of land ownership and what is meant by registered and unregistered land. This paper is concerned with England and Wales only.
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Research Briefing
Regulation of estate agents
This briefing paper provides an outline of the current regulation of estate agents. It also looks at past market studies and consultations and considers in detail recent government proposals to tighten regulation.
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Research Briefing
Discharge from bankruptcy
This briefing provides an overview of the statutory discharge from bankruptcy process. It considers the effect of discharge, the circumstances which may cause automatic discharge to be suspended by the court, and when a Bankruptcy Restrictions Order may be imposed.
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Research Briefing
Bankruptcy: treatment of an inheritance
This briefing paper considers bankruptcy and the treatment of an inheritance.
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Research Briefing
Civil law: debt enforcement
This briefing paper provides an overview of the different types of civil law debt enforcement methods available to a judgment creditor in England and Wales.
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Research Briefing
Bankruptcy
This briefing paper provides a outline of bankruptcy procedures in England and Wales. It also considers a call for evidence on the personal insolvency framework launched by the Insolvency Service in July 2022.
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Research Briefing
Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill 2022-23
A briefing on the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill 2022-23
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