“Legislation to enable US-style deferred prosecutions for corporate crime may feature in the Queen’s speech on 9 May.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 15th March 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has reduced fines for organisations that have breached data protection law in half of the cases in which it has issued direct fines, Out-Law.com can reveal.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th March 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Newspapers should be fined if they are found to be in ‘systemic’ breach of the standards set out in the industry’s code of practice, the director of the Press Complaints Commission has conceded at the Leveson inquiry.”
The Guardian, 30th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Magistrates will be able to hand out summary justice in police stations under a radical overhaul of out-of-court penalties being considered by the Government.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who made approximately £25,000 from selling unlawfully obtained personal data has been issued with a £1,700 fine and conditional discharge by a UK court.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th November 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Courts should have the power to punish people breaching the Data Protection Act with prison sentences, MPs on the justice select committee have said.”
BBC News, 27th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Yobs are to be punished by their neighbours in new ‘justice panels’ as part of a radical overhaul of out-of-court penalties, the policing minister will say today.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Magistrates and crown court judges could be asked to dock benefits from convicted criminals under preliminary proposals being drawn up by the government in response to the riots, the Guardian can reveal.”
The Guardian, 7th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Information commissioner Christopher Graham says fines of up to £500,000 could be imposed for Data Protection Act breaches.”
The Guardian, 1st July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Anyone caught smuggling drugs into prison should face longer ‘deterrent’ sentences, the country’s most senior judge has said.”
BBC News, 15th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Treasury is to abolish more than 24 criminal penalties that can currently be imposed on law firms and other businesses for failing to comply with money-laundering regulations.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 15th June 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“There is a need for a new approach, with greater consistency and transparency in the use of out-of-court disposals, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate found in their report, ‘Exercising Discretion: The Gateway to Justice’ published today.”
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, 9th June 2011
Source: www.hmic.gov.uk
“Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate found that more than 100,000 criminal offences wrongly result in an ‘out of court disposal’ every year.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Website operators have a year to change the way they use cookies to comply with new laws, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said. Those that make no effort to change could still face sanctions, though, the ICO said.”
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OUT-LAW.com, 25th May 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Offenders will increasingly escape prosecution and be handed cautions, fines and other out-of-court penalties when the spending cuts bite, a former probation watchdog has warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st January 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Too many cases are being dealt with by out of court disposals where the police are acting as prosecutor and judge, a Court of Appeal judge said last week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 9th December 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The system of law operated by the Vatican has allowed serious sex offenders to escape punishment and must be abandoned, says a prominent lawyer.”
The Guardian, 7th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Compass has filed a £2.3m lawsuit against an NHS trust amid claims the catering group faced ‘grossly exaggerated’ penalties for minor contract failures including holding a fire door open with a spoon and supplying out-of-date tomato ketchup.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd September 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Law Commission has proposed a cut in the number of criminal offences for regulatory breaches.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd September 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Criminal laws dealing with many petty offences should be scrapped, according to the body responsible for reviewing the law in England and Wales.”
BBC News, 25th August 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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