‘Financial services companies operating in the UK can make use of cloud-based services without falling foul of regulatory obligations, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said. However, firms may be disappointed that some of the guidance is not more specific or prescriptive in some areas, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 8th July 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A pair of burglars are facing prison after torturing a wealthy couple in their home before making off with £20,000 in cash, gold ornaments and silverware. John McCarthy, 35, and Richard Leslie, 37, were among a gang who terrified the couple during a night-time raid in November 2014.’
The Guardian, 7th July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Staff are being replaced by “self-service kiosks” at the troubled Yarl’s Wood immigration detention centre as the main way of driving through a £42m cut in the costs of a new Home Office contract to run the centre, it has been disclosed.’
The Guardian, 7th July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Lord Chief Justice (LCJ) has revived Lord Bingham’s call for criminal law to be codified in a single document.’
Legal Futures, 8th July 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The former celebrity publicist Max Clifford has been cleared of indecently assaulting a teenage girl.’
The Guardian, 7th July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Four former Barclays traders were sentenced to as long as 6 1/2 years in prison for manipulating Libor as judges continued meting out tough punishments for white-collar crime.’
The Independent, 7th July 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Legal processes for registering a change of gender are to be overhauled to make them less distressing for transgender people.’
The Guardian, 7th July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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