All Legal updates articles – Page 19
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Local government: Scrutinising councillor conduct
Holders of public office must be publicly accountable for their decisions and actions and able to submit to scrutiny.
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Arbitration: 'Non-existent' respondents
What is the position when the respondent in the arbitration is dissolved before commencement?
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Criminal - statutory changes
The criminal law provisions of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 have been brought substantially into force and with unusual speed. Urgent provisions were brought into force on royal assent on 31 January 2017. These included a redefinition of ‘sexual exploitation’ in the Sexual Offences Act 2003 so as to ...
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Competition: Certification and the class action regime
Second-class certification judgment in relation to the Consumer Rights Act 2015 handed down.
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Data protection: GDPR and employee surveilance
At present all employers have to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) when conducting employee surveillance, as they will be gathering and using personal data about living, identifiable individuals (location, movements, internet browsing history and so on). Part 3 of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Data Protection Employment ...
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Digital pirates – on a sinking ship?
CJEU decision could make file-sharing sites constitute as copyright infringement.
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Local Government: Scope of power to prosecute
R v AB and others raises questions about the powers of local authorities.
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Legal update: media law - The right of erasure
Most social media sites have no age restriction for registration and children are free to interact with the online community as they see fit. Even where they do not post information themselves, a child’s image will often feature in pictures posted by friends and family.
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Claims against unnamed defendants
Naming of parties still a necessary step in any claim application.
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‘Excessive pricing’ and pharmaceuticals
Alleged abuse of dominance through excessive pricing in the pharmaceutical sector could be curbed.
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Case management and appeals
Was the trial judge wrong to refuse two applications to adjourn trial because of the (alleged) ill-health of a defendant?
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Leases and side letter concessions
Courts will intervene on one-sided landlord-biased precedent.
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Barnsley in a hole
Local governments are under extreme financial pressure from pothole damage repairs
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Cases shaping costs budgeting
On 1 April 2013, the 64th update to the Civil Procedure Rules came into force and brought with it the requirement for budgets to be filed and served in all multi-track claims (initially with the exception of those in the Commercial/Admiralty Courts but subsequently extended to those courts) issued on ...
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Criminal Finances Act 2017
Roger Sahota assesses a radical overhaul of the anti-money laundering and confiscation regime.
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Immigration: what to expect from the main parties
Laura Devine outlines the key policies that the political parties are expected to put foward in their election manifestos.
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Civil procedure: Unreasonable conduct and costs
It is trite that a court will carefully scrutinise the parties’ behaviour when assessing costs in civil disputes.
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Criminal law: Sentencing guidelines
The Sentencing Council has issued a series of significant guidelines.