Following a Government consultation into flexible defined benefit (DB), guaranteed defined contribution (DC) and collective DC (CDC) pension options for employers, a spokesman for the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has indicated that the changes required from its findings…
Read moreECHR Rulings Win And Lose
The Court of Appeal has upheld judges’ right to jail the most serious offenders in England and Wales for the whole of their lives after the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) had ruled that whole life terms breached criminals’…
Read moreDraft Legislation On Contractual Workplace Auto-Enrolment In Pipeline
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has said that it is to draft regulations for consultation on exceptions to employer duties for those who choose to enrol all new workers into a pension scheme regardless of age or earnings.
Read moreWeblinks Do Not Breach Copyright
A recent ruling by the European Court of Justice has decreed that it is not an infringement of copyright to link to an article that is freely available online, even in cases where users believe that the linked article is…
Read moreLawyers Up In Arms Over Legal Aid Cuts
Earlier this week lawyers voiced their concerns about cuts to criminal legal aid and questioned the viability of proposals by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), which include a restructuring of the market and fee cuts of up to 30 per…
Read moreWater Bill Completes Committee Stage
As storms have battered the country this week and flooding has spread from the West Country to the Thames Valley, the Water Bill completed its committee stage in the House of Lords, undergoing its first line-by-line scrutiny.
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