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Lorraine Conway

  • Research Briefing

    Enforcement officers (formerly known as bailiffs)

    Thursday, 09 February, 2023

    This Commons Library briefing paper summarises the regulation of enforcement agents (formerly known as bailiffs) and answers commonly asked questions about “bailiff" action.

    • Research Briefing
    • Civil law
  • Research Briefing

    Product safety

    Tuesday, 13 December, 2022

    This briefing paper provides an overview of the current product safety regime in the UK.

    • Research Briefing
    • Consumers
  • Research Briefing

    Online advertising

    Monday, 12 December, 2022

    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.

    • Research Briefing
    • Consumers
  • Research Briefing

    Shops opening on Christmas Day

    Monday, 14 November, 2022

    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.

    • Research Briefing
    • Consumers
  • Research Briefing

    Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill 2022/23: Progress of the Bill

    Wednesday, 09 November, 2022

    A briefing on the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill 2022-23 following its completion of Committee Stage in the House of Commons.

    • Research Briefing
    • Devolution
    • Economic policy
    • Environment
    • Local government
    • Planning
    • Roads
  • Research Briefing

    Ticket resales

    Tuesday, 08 November, 2022

    This briefing paper outlines the current regulation of the secondary ticketing market. It also considers recent initiatives to tighten regulation of this sector.

    • Research Briefing
    • Consumers
  • Research Briefing

    Regulation of hairdressers

    Monday, 03 October, 2022

    This Commons briefing paper provides information on the current regulation of hairdressers in the UK.

    • Research Briefing
    • Consumers
  • Research Briefing

    Tracing ownership of property or land

    Tuesday, 27 September, 2022

    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.

    • Research Briefing
    • Civil law
  • Research Briefing

    Regulation of estate agents

    Monday, 05 September, 2022

    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.

    • Research Briefing
    • Consumers
  • Research Briefing

    Debt Relief Orders

    Tuesday, 23 August, 2022

    This briefing paper summarises Debt Relief Orders.

    • Research Briefing
    • Business
  • Research Briefing

    Discharge from bankruptcy

    Friday, 22 July, 2022

    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.

    • Research Briefing
    • Business
  • Research Briefing

    Bankruptcy: treatment of an inheritance

    Wednesday, 20 July, 2022

    This briefing paper considers bankruptcy and the treatment of an inheritance.

    • Research Briefing
    • Business
  • Research Briefing

    Civil law: debt enforcement

    Tuesday, 12 July, 2022

    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.

    • Research Briefing
    • Business
    • Civil law
  • Research Briefing

    Bankruptcy

    Friday, 08 July, 2022

    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.

    • Research Briefing
    • Business
  • Research Briefing

    Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill 2022-23

    Wednesday, 01 June, 2022

    A briefing on the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill 2022-23

    • Research Briefing
    • Business
    • Communities
    • Environment
    • Housing and planning
    • Local government
    • Planning

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