Advertising industry takes steps to address concerns about online copyright infringement – OUT-LAW.com

Posted June 13th, 2013 in advertising, codes of practice, copyright, internet, news by sally

“The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) UK is working on a new set of principles to govern advertising in a scheme that will take account of concerns about online copyright infringement.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 13th June 2013

Source: www.out-law.com

CPS publishes guidelines on prosecutors’ approach to Child Sexual Abuse cases – Crown Prosecution Service

“Ground breaking new guidelines for prosecutors on how to tackle cases involving child sexual abuse have today been issued by the Director of Public Prosecutions and will take immediate effect. At the same time, the College of Policing has issued guidance for investigators and both documents are now open to a three month public consultation.”

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Crown Prosecution Service, 11th June 2013

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

Acas revises its draft Code of Practice on extended confidential settlement agreements – OUT-LAW.com

“The rules governing when and how an employer will be able to use a confidential
pre-termination settlement agreement to bring an employee contract to an end are
more complicated than they first appear, an expert has said.”

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OUT-law.com, 11th June 2013

Source: www.out-law.com

Surveillance camera code of conduct comes into force – Home Office

“New guidance in place over police and local authority use of CCTV and Automatic Number Plate Recognition.”

Full press release

Home Office, 4th June 2013

Source: www.gov.uk/home-office

Bar Council faces probe over cab rank ‘interference’ – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted June 7th, 2013 in barristers, codes of practice, Legal Services Board, news by sally

“The Legal Services Board is to formally investigate whether the Bar Council breached rules to interfere in a controversial decision affecting the cab rank rule.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 5th June 2013

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

HMRC consults on strengthening big banks’ tax Code of Practice – OUT-LAW.com

“Plans to strengthen the Code of Practice on tax governance, adopted by the 15 largest banks in 2010, have been published for consultation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).”

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OUT-LAW.com, 5th June 2013

Source: www.out-law.com

Failure to comply with the ACAS Code – Employment Law Blog

“Section 207A of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, inserted by the Employment Act 2008, is concerned with the effect of failure to comply with the ACAS Code. In Lund v St Edmund’s School the EAT, presided over by Keith J, has held that, when considering whether ‘it is just and equitable in all the circumstances’, pursuant to Section 207A, to make an uplift to a compensatory award for an employer’s failure to follow the Code, an Employment Tribunal should not take into account the fact the employee had contributed to his dismissal.”

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Employment Law Blog, 14th May 2013

Source: www.employment11kbw.com

Victim Support criticises code changes – BBC News

Posted May 10th, 2013 in codes of practice, consultations, news, victims by sally

“Up to 700,000 victims of crime could find it harder to get help because of plans to change the Code for Victims in England and Wales, Victim Support says.”

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BBC News, 10th May 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Regulation at home, but not abroad – Gresham College Lecture

“In December 2012 Sir Geoffrey Nice finished four years as Vice Chair of the Bar Standards Board, the body that regulates barristers. After forty years in practice as a barrister, that included seven years working as an employed barrister in the UN, he will describe the differences between practice in a regulated legal community and practice in the UN system that operates with little effective regulation apart from what national systems impose on individual prosecution and defence lawyers. He will also review what he learnt as a regulator from looking critically at the Bar of England and Wales. The Bar of England and Wales and the country’s legal system as a whole proudly assert that they are the best in the world.  Are these claims justified?  If so, why was legislation thought to be necessary to regulate them more closely, and was that legislation wise?”

Transcript

Lecture by Professor Sir Geoffrey Nice QC

Gresham College, 8th May 2013

Source: www.gresham.ac.uk

Regina (HC) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and another (Coram Children’s Legal Centre and another intervening) – WLR Daily

Regina (HC) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and another (Coram Children’s Legal Centre and another intervening): [2013] EWHC 982 (Admin);   [2013] WLR (D)  157

“It was contrary to article 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, and consequently unlawful, for the Secretary of State for the Home Department to direct, as she had done through Code C of the Code of Practice under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (‘PACE Code C’), that 17-year-olds might be treated as adults when in police detention.”

WLR Daily, 25th April 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Deferred prosecution agreements for England and Wales “on track for 2014” as legislation approved – OUT-LAW.com

“US-style ‘plea bargains’ will be introduced in England and Wales from 2014, following Parliamentary approval of the relevant laws.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 29th April 2013

Source: www.out-law.com

Groceries Code Adjudicator Act 2013 – legislation.gov.uk

Posted April 26th, 2013 in arbitration, codes of practice, dispute resolution, legislation by sally

Full text of Act

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

Improving the code of practice for victims of crime – Ministry of Justice

“This consultation sets out the government’s plans to reform the victims’ code to give victims clearer entitlements from criminal justice agencies and to better tailor service to individual need. It is aimed at all criminal justice agencies, victims of crime and businesses.”

Full press release

Ministry of Justice, 18th April 2013

Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice

New rules for CMCs – Ministry of Justice

Posted April 8th, 2013 in claims management, codes of practice, contracts, news, regulations by sally

“Get a signature on the dotted line or there is no contract, warns the Claims Management Regulator as tough new Conduct Rules for claims management companies (CMCs) are announced.”

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Ministry of Justice, 8th April 2013

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Improving the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime – Ministry of Justice

Posted April 3rd, 2013 in codes of practice, consultations, criminal justice, news, victims by sally

“This consultation sets out the Government’s plans to reform the Victims’ Code to give victims clearer entitlements from criminal justice agencies and to better tailor service to individual need. It is aimed at all criminal justice agencies, victims of crime and businesses.”

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Ministry of Justice, 29th March 2013

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Guaranteed support for victims of crime – Ministry of Justice

Posted April 2nd, 2013 in codes of practice, consultations, news, victims by sally

“Victims of crime will now be able to hold the criminal justice system to account for the support it provides and be backed by a clear set of entitlements thanks to a statutory new Victims Code, Victims’ Minister Helen Grant announced today.”

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Ministry of Justice, 29th March 2013

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Victims’ Code criticised by watchdog – BBC News

Posted April 2nd, 2013 in codes of practice, complaints, news, ombudsmen, victims by sally

“Victims of crime are being put under extreme duress, leading to injustices, due to a lack of awareness of the Victims’ Code by those working in the justice system, a watchdog has warned.”

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BBC News, 29th March 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Candid camera? Barristers now free to talk to the media about their cases – Legal Futures

Posted April 2nd, 2013 in barristers, codes of practice, media, news, professional conduct by sally

“Barristers can now speak to the press about their cases, after the Bar’s Code of Conduct was changed.”

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Legal Futures, 2nd April 2013

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Fresh cab-rank rule row as LSB approves public access reforms – Legal Futures

“The Legal Services Board (LSB) has criticised the Bar Standards Board’s (BSB) failure to apply the cab-rank rule to public access work and said this omission will reduce the impact of rule changes that widen the scope for barristers dealing directly with clients.”

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Legal Futures, 2nd April 2013

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Barristers fight back in defence of cab-rank rule – Legal Futures

Posted March 27th, 2013 in barristers, codes of practice, legal services, news by sally

“Barristers yesterday launched a two-pronged assault on a controversial academic report recommending that the cab rank rule be removed from the Bar Code of Conduct, with twin assessments by high-powered silks contradicting its findings.”

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Legal Futures, 27th March 2013

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk