Companies that benefit from fraudulent behaviour could soon be prosecuted if proposals to beef up laws against corporate offending, currently being considered by ministers, go through.
Read more‘Rushed’ Lobbying Bill Attack On Free Speech
MPs have been warned that the Government’s planned lobbying bill, which will have its second hearing in the Commons next week, is “rushed legislation” that could attack free speech.
Read moreChanges To TUPE Regulations Pushed Back
The Government has announced that changes to the TUPE regulations originally intended for October this year are now likely to come into force in January 2014 instead.
Read moreCampaigners To Exploit Changes To Copyright Designs & Patents Act
Animal rights campaign group Peta has announced that it will exploit the changes to the UK’s strict parody laws when amendments to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 are brought in later this year.
Read moreTrading Standards ‘Tip-Off’ Fear
New rules forcing officers to give notice of trading standards inspections could have “unintended consequences” for fraudsters, according to the Trading Standards Institute (TSI).
Read moreChanges In Employment Terms
On 1 September, a new kind of employment contract will be introduced; the employee-shareholder contract will mean that firms can give employees shares in the company worth between £2,000 and £50,000 in exchange for them giving up certain statutory UK…
Read moreUnion Wins Injunction
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has been granted an injunction to restrict activists protesting against the badger cull from coming any nearer than 100m of the homes or 25m of the businesses of anyone involved in the cull. However, lawful…
Read moreI Won’t Buy Fakes!
Earlier this month, City of London Police unveiled their I Won’t Buy Fakes campaign, as part of its Intellectual Property (IP) crime unit, aimed at tackling copyright infringement.
Read moreJurors Getting Older
The Government has announced that the upper age limit for jurors in England and Wales is to be raised to 75, from the current limit of 70, in a bid to reflect modern life and make the system more inclusive.
Read moreCPS Consultation
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a consultation on how the public believes the victims of child sexual abuse should be perceived after “unprecedented coverage” of such cases over recent months.
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