“The Government has issued guidance that sets out the kind of costs businesses incur that they are legitimately able to claim back through payment surcharging under new rules set to come into force this weekend.”
OUT-LAW.com, 5th April 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“New National Standards for Youth Justice Services have been launched.”
Youth Justice Board, 3rd April 2013
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A new system of regulation will oversee businesses in the financial services sector after reforms to the previous regime took effect on Monday.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd April 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Councils will be given stronger powers to stop illegal Travellers’ sites being set up, communities and local government secretary Eric Pickles has announced.”
The Guardian, 29th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“In Kirklees Council v IC & Pali Ltd [2011] UKUT 104 (AAC) the Upper Tribunal held, in the context of property search information, that reg 8(2) EIR precluded an authority from charging for allowing applicants to inspect information in situ and that a charge was only permissible if copy documents were provided to the applicant or the information was accessed other than by means of in situ inspection. The First-tier Tribunal has revisited the application of the charging rule in reg 8 EIR, again in the context of property search information, in Leeds City Council v IC & APPS Claimants (EA/2012/0020-21) (judgment of 22 March 2013).”
Panopticon, 23rd March 2013
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
“One could be forgiven for thinking the campaign to halt or defer the main planks of the civil justice reforms devised by Sir Rupert Jackson is still in full swing. To be fair to the refusniks, the impression that all was not settled has been given in part by the last-minute approach the Ministry of Justice has taken to issuing details on implementation. If the government and the senior judiciary had yet to say what was to come on, respectively, damages-based agreements and big-ticket costs budgeting, perhaps they were still open to persuasion?”
Law Society’s Gazette, 25th March 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Fears that bloggers and small-scale news websites will be dragged into the new proposed system of press regulation, so facing crippling costs, appeared to be lifting on Friday when Labour and the Liberal Democrats agreed to table last-minute amendments in the Lords to make it clear they will be excluded.”
The Guardian, 22nd March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Newspapers likely to take action over regulations that will require huge payouts when stories are wrong.”
The Guardian, 19th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Today, Thursday 14 March 2013, a written ministerial statement has been laid in Parliament outlining a number of changes to the Immigration Rules.”
UK Border Agency, 14th March 2013
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Data protection law was designed to be a fundamental and concrete dimension of the individual’s right to privacy, the primary safeguard against misuse of personal information. Given those ambitions, it is surprisingly rarely litigated in the UK. It also attracts criticism as imposing burdensome bureaucracy but delivering little in the way of tangible protection in a digital age. Arguably then, data protection law has tended to punch below its weight. There are a number of reasons for this.”
Panopticon, 11th March 2013
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
“The Inter-authority Recoupment (England) Regulations 2013 have now been made and will come into force on 1 April 2013.”
Education Law Blog, 13th March 2013
Source: www.education11kbw.com
“The three leading political parties were last night close to signing up to a historic Royal Charter to implement the recommendations of Lord Justice Leveson on reforming regulation of the press.”
The Independent, 12th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Changes to the Immigration Rules applying to skilled migrant workers coming to
the UK from outside of the European Economic Area will take effect from April,
the Home Office has announced.”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th March 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has called for proportionate and financially responsible regulation in its response to the Legal Services Board’s (LSB) draft business plan for 2013-14.”
The Bar Council, 4th March 2013
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“Ministers are to announce a clampdown on adverts for payday loans, but have rejected a cap on the cost of loans despite a report due to be published on Wednesday from the Office of Fair Trading showing widespread malpractice across the controversial industry.”
The Guardian, 6th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“NHS blunders left her newborn baby seriously brain damaged, and two and a half years later Andrea Duggan is still angry that no member of staff has been brought to book.”
The Guardian, 6th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“New rules that will allow government departments to ban companies and individuals which take part in failed tax avoidance schemes from being awarded Government contracts have been unveiled by Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander and Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude today.”
HM Treasury, 14th February 2013
Source: www.hm-treasury.gov.uk
“‘The scheme’ named in the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Employment, Skills and Enterprise Scheme) Regulations 2011 did not comply with the requirements of section 17A of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and was unlawful.”
WLR Daily, 12th February 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Financial advisers cannot be said to be ‘independent’ if they offer retail investment advice to clients based solely on their assessment of ‘passive investments’, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th February 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
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