“A Consumer Bill of Rights will modernise 30-year old consumer laws to create clear rights for purchasers of digital content, the Government has announced.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Defences of Insanity and Automatism – Law Commissioner Professor David Ormerod says, ‘To produce meaningful reform proposals and be confident they will work in practice we need evidence of their current use and any problems they pose. Our scoping paper asks questions to provide that information.’ ”
Law Commission, 18th July 2012
Source: www.lawcommission.justice.gov.uk
“The rules covering consultations on potential government policy changes are being loosened to allow a more ‘proportionate and targeted’ approach.”
BBC News, 17th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Law Society today backed plans to extend the list of reserved activities to include will-writing and estate administration.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 16th July 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A fourth – and ‘final’ – consultation on the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA) published today (12 July) contains a number of ‘significant’ changes that solicitors’ representative groups have welcomed.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 12th July 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A consultation has been launched concerning proposals for a new regime of joint inspections of multi-agency arrangements for the protection of children in England. The arrangements will concern Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC), Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons.”
Family Law Week, 11th July 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“The Commission on a UK Bill of Rights has today (11 July) published a second Consultation Paper.”
Ministry of Justice, 11th July 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Last year, the troubled Commission on a Bill of Rights consulted the public on whether the UK needed a new human rights instrument. Many, including me, commented that the consultation document was a little sparse on detail. In any event, the consultation closed in November 2011.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 11th July 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A Parliamentary committee is seeking views on Government plans to expand existing laws on communications surveillance.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Companies planning a takeover bid will have to set out the likely impact of their proposal on the target company’s pension scheme under proposed changes to the Takeover Code.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Plans to overhaul the court system to hold evening and weekend hearings, first introduced at the height of last summer’s riots and now being deployed for the Olympics, have met strong opposition from lawyers being forced to work longer hours.”
The Guardian, 9th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Joint Committee is a committee of both Houses appointed to conduct pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Communications Data Bill. Inquiry Status: The Committee has issued a Call for Evidence, which asks for submissions by 23 August 2012.”
Joint Committee on the Draft Communications Data Bill, 5th July 2012
Source: www.parliament.uk
Local Government Law Update: 27 June (PDF)
Local Government Law Update: 28 June (PDF)
11 KBW, June 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
“The Government has been forced to close a public consultation on blocking online pornography after it emerged visitors were able to view others’ supposedly confidential responses, and personal details including passwords.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th June 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“In a consultation opening today, the Law Commission is seeking views on how the Electronic Communications Code is working for those who use it, and what can be done to make it more transparent and user-friendly.”
Law Commission, 28th June 2012
Source: www.lawcommission.justice.gov.uk
“The government is to consider putting extra pressure on computer users to filter out pornography when setting up internet accounts.”
BBC News, 28th June 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Proposed changes to insurance law for businesses could make it harder for insurers to avoid contracts where a company does not disclose “every material circumstance” when taking out a policy.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th June 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Illegal downloaders will start receiving warning letters from internet service providers from 1 March 2014, under a draft code for the government’s anti-digital piracy regime drawn up by media regulator Ofcom.”
The Guardian, 26th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“In a consultation opening today, the Law Commission and Scottish Law Commission are proposing a new law to make clear what businesses must tell insurers when they buy insurance.”
Law Commission, 26th June 2012
Source: www.lawcommission.justice.gov.uk
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