‘In the third of this “Remind me about” series, Oliver Hilton of Radcliffe Chambers looks at tPR’s moral hazard powers. The “Remind me about” series is aimed as a training tool and as an update for busy practitioners.’
Pensions Barrister, 25th July 2024
Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com
‘LLG, CIPFA and SOLACE have this week published the Code of Practice on Good Governance for Local Authority Statutory Officers. Philip McCourt explains its purpose.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th July 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Biological models of human embryos that can develop heartbeats, spinal cords and other distinctive features will be governed by a code of practice in Britain to ensure that researchers work on them responsibly.’
The Guardian, 4th July 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Code of Practice for England was launched on the 8 April 2024, and has been endorsed by numerous organisations across the agricultural sector. Whilst the Code will be of interest to all of those involved with agricultural tenancies, this article, written by Annie Higgo, focuses in particular on the predicted areas of impact that the Code will have for litigators.’
Tanfield Chambers, 20th May 2024
Source: www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk
‘The updated guidance on the NSI Act comes after calls to “fine tune” the NSI regime following a consultation. It aims to provide more clarity to businesses, institutions, and their advisors while protecting national security. The updates include a new “section 3 statement” that better explains how the UK government plans to exercise powers under the NSI Act to call-in certain acquisitions for scrutiny and updated “Market Guidance”.’
OUT-LAW.com, 31st May 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The highly anticipated Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Bill was passed by the UK Parliament on 23 May, marking the most important changes to UK competition law and consumer law in years.’
OUT-LAW.com, 28th May 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Social media platforms have been told to take action to stop pushing harmful content to children with algorithms, Ofcom has said.’
The Guardian, 8th May 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Ofcom has warned social media sites they could be banned for under-18s if they fail to comply with new online safety rules. The media regulator has published a children’s safety draft codes of practice, which requires social media firms to have more robust age-checking measures, and Ofcom boss Dame Melanie Dawes warned any company that broke them could have their minimum user age raised to 18.’
BBC News, 8th May 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The union for senior civil servants is launching an unprecedented legal challenge to ministers’ Rwanda plan.’
BBC News, 1st May 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘New legislation will provide extra protections for victims’ counselling notes during criminal investigations.’
Ministry of Justice, 23rd April 2024
Source: www.gov.uk
‘The King’s Bench Guide 2024 has been published. It is been prepared to help everyone who practises or litigates in the King’s Bench Division.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary , 19th April 2024
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘A recent decision by the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) on a reference under the Electronic Communications Code (the code) helpfully clarifies some of the outstanding issues in this area, property disputes experts have said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th April 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Victoria Guest examines recent changes to the legal duties on schools regarding pupil registration and attendance.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th April 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A recent decision by the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) on a reference under the Electronic Communications Code (the code) helpfully clarifies some of the outstanding issues in this area, property disputes experts have said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th April 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Further to the Tribunal Decision The Revd Canon Richard Peers, 21 March 2024, de Mestre Ch. issued a Ruling on paragraph 309 Clergy Discipline Measure 2003: Code of Practice concerning the possession and use of documents relating to the proceedings by third parties and the provision of these documents to them by the Complainant, 8 April 2024.’
Law & Religion UK, 11th April 2024
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘Employees will have the legal right from Saturday to request flexible working from their first day in a new job.’
The Guardian, 6th April 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The common law duty of fairness was, and continues to form, a basis upon which aggrieved parties can challenge regulatory decisions in judicial review. More recently, these standards have been given a legislative footing in the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 and the Regulators’ Code, published in April 2014 pursuant to s22 of that Act.’
Francis Taylor Building, 6th February 2024
Source: www.ftbchambers.co.uk
‘The Attorney General’s Guidelines on Disclosure have been updated with guidance on digital materials, the Solicitor General has confirmed.’
Attorney General's Office, 29th February 2024
Source: www.gov.uk
‘Law students and academics need guidance on how to discern whether AI applications “pass the smell test”. A roundtable in Leeds heard that a “massive education programme” is needed.’
Law Society's Gazette, 12th February 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The UK government has abandoned plans to broker an industry-led agreement on a new AI copyright code of practice, a voluntary framework the government hoped would strike a balance between AI developers’ desire to access quality data to train their AI models and content creators’ right to control – and commercialise – access to their copyrighted works’
OUT-LAW.com, 7th February 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
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