“The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published guidelines to businesses today to underline that companies remain responsible for how personal data is looked after, even if they pass it to cloud network providers.”
Information Commissioner’s Office, 27th September 2012
“Vince Cable announces measures to give firms more flexibility and confidence in managing their workforce and to reduce employment law red tape.”
Department for Buiness,Innovation and Skills, 14th September 2012
Sorce: www.bis.gov.uk
“The public are being asked for their views on the operation of important border security powers in a consultation launched by the home office today.”
Home Office, 13th September 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“LSB publishes a discussion paper which sets out a range of indicators that aim to baseline access to justice and monitor how it changes over time.”
Legal Services Board, 12th September 2012
Source: www.www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
“Speaking about the report published today by the Hillsborough Independent Panel, Attorney General Dominic Grieve said: ‘I have not yet had an opportunity to study the Panel’s report, but it is clear that they have documented significant issues over the original inquest. I will now consider whether there is sufficient evidence to support an application to the High Court to quash the original inquest and start a new inquest process.’ ”
Attorney General’s Office, 12th September 2012
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
“Damian Green answers an urgent question on London Metropolitan University in Parliament.”
Home Office, 3rd September 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has contributed to new guidance to help local authorities deal with rogue landlords and the issue of migrants living in illegally-built outhouses known as ‘beds in sheds’.”
Home Office, 31st August 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Homeowners are to receive better protection as squatting in residential buildings becomes a criminal offence for the first time in England and Wales from tomorrow, 1 September, Justice Minister Crispin Blunt said.”
Ministry of Justice, 31st August 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“That’s the latest warning from the Claims Management Regulation (CMR) Unit as they reveal more than 400 claims management companies (CMCs) have been cancelled, suspended or warned in figures released today in the 2011/12 annual report. ”
Ministry of Justice, 10th August 2012
Source: www.justice,gov.uk
“A new agreement seeing a greater number of Albanian prisoners transferred from the UK to complete their sentences in Albania has been signed.”
Ministry of Justice, 31st July 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“This Issues Paper looks at unfair terms in contracts between businesses and consumers. During 2012, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is consulting on a package of measures to clarify consumer law, to be introduced by primary and secondary legislation. This provides an opportunity to clarify the law on unfair terms as it affects consumers.”
Law Commission, 25th July 2012
Source: http://lawcommission.justice.gov.uk
“The Government today set out its proposals to enhance the UK designs legal framework to make the system more accessible for businesses.”
Intellectual Property Office, 24th July 2012
Source: www.ipo.gov.uk
“Statement from Alison Levitt QC, Principal Legal Advisor to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP): This statement is made in the interests of transparency and accountability to explain the decisions reached in relation to Operation Weeting.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 24th July 2012
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“Keir Starmer QC, Director of Public Prosecutions, has today launched a consultation on a proposed new edition of the Code for Crown Prosecutors (the Code). The Code is the overarching document that all prosecutors follow in deciding whether or not a suspect should be charged.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 19th July 2012
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“Mirror Group Newspapers Ltd and Associated Newspapers Ltd have today been found guilty of contempt of court for publishing potentially prejudicial material whilst the jury was considering its verdict in relation to Rachel Cowles’ alleged abduction by Levi Bellfield.”
Attorney General’s Office, 18th July 2012
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
“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
“A Northamptonshire man has been sentenced to two years in prison for a scam that led 75 local children to believe they would be dancing at the closing ceremony at the Olympic Games – described by CPS East Midlands Senior Crown Prosecutor Ben Samples as ‘callous and deceitful’.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 17th July 2012
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“As the House of Lords prepares for the Report Stage of the Justice and Security Bill, the Chairman of the Bar Council, Michael Todd QC, has condemned the Government’s planned extensions to the use of Closed Material Proceedings (CMPs), endorsing the arguments of Liberty, Reprieve and the Special Advocates who participate in these proceedings.”
The Bar Council, 9th July 2012
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
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