“Britain’s most senior police officer has backed higher penalties for drivers who use their mobile phone at the wheel.”
The Independent, 29th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.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
“New proposals for how environmental offenders like fly-tippers should be sentenced have been launched today by the Sentencing Council.”
Sentencing Council, 14th March 2013
“Many people going through divorce could be hiding their wealth from their partners, a survey suggests.”
BBC News, 22nd February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Since the early 90s US prosecuting authorities have been using deferred prosecution agreements. They are said to raise about $2.5bn a year in penalties, often in respect of criminal activities with little connection to the US. A deferred prosecution agreements involves the filing in court of agreed charges against a corporation, subject to a condition that the charges will not be pursued if the corporation complies with the often stringent terms of the agreement for a specified period. Such terms will include the payment of substantial sums to reflect broadly the fine that would have been paid had the corporation pleaded guilty and to reflect the confiscation and compensation regimes. Corporations are likely also to have to agree to the appointment of a monitor to ensure their adherence to proper standards of behaviour.”
Fulcrum Chambers, January 2013
Source: www.fulcrumchambers.com
“Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust v IC (EA/2012/00111) concerned the first monetary penalty notice (MPN) to be appealed to the First-Tier Tribunal. The Trust’s appeal has been dismissed by the Tribunal (Professor Angel, Rosalind Tatam and Paul Taylor).”
Panopticon, 17th January 2013
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
“In Imam-Sadeque –v- Bluebay Asset Management (Services) Ltd Popplewell J had to consider the scope of an employee’s duty of fidelity.”
Employment Law Blog, 13th December 2012
Source: www.employment11kbw.com
“The Tenancy Deposit Scheme came into force on 6th April 2007. After the Court of Appeal handing down a number of controversial ‘landlord friendly’ judgments on the meaning of ss 213-215 of Housing Act 2004 (‘the Act’), Parliament amended these provisions by s 184 of the Localism Act 2011 (’2011 Act’). The amendments came into force on 6 April 2012. Since this date, there is a tough new world out there for unorganised or inexperienced landlords. This article seeks to set out what is required by landlords and what happens when things go wrong.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 30th November 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“Army disciplinary hearings have been condemned as unaccountable ‘kangaroo courts’ in a damning report submitted to MPs that calls for a ‘root and branch overhaul’ of the system.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Fewer than one in four UK internet users that engaged in copyright infringing activity during a three month period earlier this year said they would be put off from repeating the offence if they knew they would receive a letter to tell them that their internet access was to be suspended as a result of the behaviour, according to a new study commissioned by Ofcom.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th November 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Whistleblowers involved in misconduct will face more lenient penalties under proposals being considered by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 31st October 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Absent parents who fail to support their children may no longer be threatened with jail after a court ruling against a Government body set up to pursue them.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Department for Education (DfE) was guilty of a breach of UK data protection laws when a ‘temporary security flaw’ meant that personal information belonging to respondents to one of its consultations were ‘compromised’, the UK’s data protection watchdog has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th October 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Organisations that face being fined for breaching UK competition law will be able to challenge the level of penalty being proposed or the way the fine has been calculated under a new procedure outlined by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th October 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“New figures show the level of fraud convictions have risen by more than 40 per cent amid a new crackdown on benefit cheats.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The McLaren racing team is entitled to claim a corporation tax reduction in respect of a £32 million fine levied by the motor racing governing body because the fine was not a criminal penalty imposed by statute, a tribunal has held.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th October 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Today (10 October), the Commissioner served – for the first time – a monetary penalty notice on a charity. The charity in question, Norwood Ravenswood Ltd, is a social care charity. One of its social workers had attempted to deliver to the home of prospective adopters certain background reports containing highly confidential sensitive personal data on four young children. Finding the couple out, and unable to fit the package through the letterbox, the social worker left the package in a concealed area at the side of the house. When the prospective adopters returned home, the package had disappeared. It was never recovered.”
Panopticon, 10th October 2012
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
“Victims of crime will be able to decide how offenders are punished, under new proposals outlined by Home Secretary Theresa May today.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Higher fines for firms that fail to co-operate with regulators and potential criminal sanctions for benchmark manipulation have been suggested by the Treasury Select Committee in a report responding to alleged manipulation of market rates by major banks.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st August 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Retailers that supply age-rated video games to children who are below the specified age could face up to six months in jail and a £5,000 fine under a new age classification regime in operation in the UK.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
