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Commercial roundup for week ending 28 September 2012

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Published on: 27 September 2012

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Table of contents

New practice notes
Updated practice notes
New Precedents
Updated Precedents
News analysis
Launch of small claims track at patent county court
Age related ban for discrimination in relation to goods and services takes effect
Happy birthday
Legislation tracker
New Acts of Parliament

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Article summary

This weekly roundup of developments in Lexis+® UK Commercial reports new practice notes or precedents that were published this week and which notes or precedents were amended, and why. We also include a summary of any key current awareness or news analysis we have published in the week and changes to legislation that we think may affect commercial lawyers. We also track significant bills through Parliament.

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