No medicinal product may be placed on the market unless it has been approved. This Flowchart outlines the procedure for obtaining an approval, known as a marketing authorisation (MA) through the mutual recognition procedure (MRP). The MRP is used to obtain marketing

Key information Information Details Name of firm [Insert details] Name of role holder [Insert name] Reports to [Insert details] Role type [Insert, eg full-time/part-time/contractor][If a contractor role, length of contract] Primary location [Insert the primary location for this role—if there is a requirement for the role holder to regularly spend time in multiple locations, eg in each regional office, it is worth making sure this is made clear] Remote/hybrid/office-based? [Insert type of work model] Date role commenced [Insert date] Length of probation period [Insert details] End of probation review date [Insert date] Role summary The key elements of the marketing/business development manager role are: • Strategic marketing—undertake the relevant analyses, formulate objectives to achieve the business plan and develop strategies and marketing plans. Ensure the marketing infrastructure and resources are managed effectively. Direct the implementation of these plans whether they concern market development, service development or any other promotional, selling and relationship development activities • Communications and lead generation—manage all communication channels, profile raising and lead generation campaigns to ensure the firm is positioned appropriately and the right level of engagement and lead generation is achieved • New business development—manage the sales pipeline from targeting to lead generation

The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive 2004/39/EC is an EU Directive that incorporates a revised set of investment regulations within the EU as from 1 November 2007. Occupational pension schemes, as ‘a client who possesses the experience, knowledge and expertise to make its own decisions and properly assess the risks it incurs’, are designated as professional clients of investment managers and enjoy a slightly lower standard of care than retail investors.

This timeline outlined key developments relating to the EU’s MiFID II framework, and the UK provisions which implemented it from 2007–2023. It is archived and no longer maintained. For key developments relating to the EU’s MiFID II framework, see: EU Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR)—timeline. For key developments relating to the UK’s MiFID II framework, see: UK MiFID II regime—timeline. 2023 Date Source Document Description 20 December 2023 FCA CP23/32: Improving transparency for bond and derivatives marketsConsultation paper CP23/33, The framework for a UK consolidated tape The FCA published two consultations setting out proposed changes to the bond and derivative transparency regime in the UK and the proposed consolidated tape framework for bonds. Responses to CP23/32, Improving transparency for bond and derivatives markets are sought by 6 March 2024. Responses to CP23/33, Consultation on payments to data providers and DRSP forms including Policy Statement for the framework for UK consolidated tape (CP23/15) are sought by 9 February 2024. 20

Public highways are used for many purposes beyond simply travelling from one place to another. This Practice Note examines the legal implications of static uses of highway land and of controlling or prohibiting traffic to facilitate static uses. Markets Markets are often held on one or more particular days of each week and the stall-holders often remove their stalls between market days (and, indeed, set up those same stalls in other towns on other days). The owner of a market (often the Lord of the Manor or a local authority) usually has the exclusive right to hold a market in a particular town or locality. No others are permitted under the common law within six and two-thirds miles. The exact location of the market within the town or locality is sometimes more flexible; it depends on how the market right was awarded and then on property rights. Many market rights (often called market franchises) derive from ancient Royal charters; others operate under local Acts of Parliament. Markets often occupy space that is used as a public

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. Title Marrakesh Accords Location Marrakesh, Morocco Date 29 October–9 November 2001 Subject Climate change The Marrakesh Accords provided the detailed rules for the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol, set up new funding and planning instruments for adaptation, and established a technology transfer framework. They were the product of the 7th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 7). For more information on: • the Kyoto Protocol, see Practice Note: Kyoto Protocol—snapshot • the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), see Practice Note: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 1992—snapshot The Ministerial Declaration The Ministerial Declaration (Decision 1/CP.7) noted that the Marrakesh Accords will 'pave the way for the timely entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol'. The Ministers and other heads of delegation declared that they: • remain deeply concerned that all countries, particularly developing countries, face increased risk of negative impacts of climate change, and • emphasise that

Marriage describes the legally recognised union of two people, creating a new family unit with rights and obligations in areas such as tax, property, succession, immigration, parental responsibility and financial provision on relationship breakdown or death. In England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, the core legal framework is set out in marriage legislation (including the Marriage Acts and case law), with same-sex marriage lawful in all three jurisdictions. In Ireland, marriage is governed principally by the Civil Registration and Family Law Acts, with same-sex marriage provided for following the Thirty-Fourth Amendment to the Constitution. Key legal features include formal capacity requirements (age, consent, prohibited degrees of relationship), procedural requirements (notice, authorised celebrant, registration) and the distinction between civil and religious ceremonies. A marriage validly contracted in one jurisdiction may raise private international law questions when recognised in another. Marriage is central to family law practice, underpinning claims for divorce or dissolution, financial remedies, maintenance, pensions sharing, inheritance rights, next-of-kin status and occupation of the family home. It is distinct from civil partnership and cohabitation, which attract different legal consequences.

This Practice Note considers the definition of marriage and civil partnership for the purposes of protection from discrimination under the Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010), ie that a person has the protected characteristic of marriage if the person is married and of civil partnership if the person is a civil partner. People who are not married, or not civil partners, do not have this protected characteristic. The Practice Note also considers whether discrimination because of the identity of the particular person to whom the claimant is married, or because of the closeness of the relationship, is covered. The relationship with other protected characteristics is also outlined. Protected characteristics The Equality Act 2010 provides protection against discrimination which relates to certain listed characteristics which people may possess. Some protections relate specifically to only one of those characteristics. Others provide the same protection in relation to all the characteristics, which are collectively referred to as 'the protected characteristics'. Each protected characteristic is listed and (with the exception of pregnancy and maternity) defined in the Act: • age—see

The concept that a person cannot discriminate against another person on the ground that he or she is married or is a civil partner.

Document evidencing a legal marriage.

The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (M(SSC)A 2013) received royal assent on 17 July 2013. Its main purpose is to enable same-sex couples to marry, either in a civil ceremony (ie a civil ceremony in a register office or approved premises such as a hotel) or, provided that the religious organisation concerned is in agreement, on religious premises, with the marriage being solemnised through a religious ceremony. M(SSC)A 2013 does not remove the availability of civil partnerships for same-sex couples but provides for those in a same-sex civil partnership to convert that relationship to a marriage if they choose to do so (see: Conversion of civil partnerships to marriage). See also Practice Note: The definition of civil partnership. Implementation dates The provisions of M(SSC)A 2013 came into force on varying dates, the most significant being: • 13 March 2014—in relation to the majority of the provisions save where detailed below; note that the first marriages of same-sex couples could not take place before 29 March 2014 (save where the Registrar General waived the notice period because one

Family analysis: In a case where the applicant had undergone gender reassignment surgery but had not obtained a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) by the date of the marriage, because same-sex marriage was not legal at the time of the marriage, it was void at its inception and the court did not have the necessary powers to make a declaration that it was a valid marriage. Lyndsey Sambrooks-Wright, barrister at Garden Court Chambers, considers the background to the case and its practical implications.