Category: codes of practice

Director of Public Prosecutions v. Lawrence – WLR Daily

Posted July 19th, 2007 in codes of practice, evidence, law reports, police by sally

Director of Public Prosecutions v. Lawrence

“The provisions of Code C of the Codes of Practice under s 66 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 were not directed to what a defendant was alleged to have said as part of the conduct constituting the alleged crime but to what a defendant was alleged to have said on or after arrest.”

WLR Daily, 16th July 2007

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Ellis v Bristol City Council – WLR Daily

Posted July 6th, 2007 in codes of practice, health & safety, law reports by michael

Ellis v Bristol City Council [2007] EWCA Civ 685

“The Code of Practice issued by the Health and Safety Commission was aimed to give guidance to the construction of health and safety regulations; a judge in construing the meaning of a regulation, should have regard to its meaning and purpose, any relevant judicial authority and also the Code of Practice when considering whether a place of work was unsafe for the employees working there.”

 WLR Daily, 6th July 2007

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

‘No evidence’ of CCTV data breach – BBC News

Posted June 1st, 2007 in closed circuit television, codes of practice, data protection, news by sally

“The Information Commissioner’s Office says it has not seen evidence which suggests that most CCTV systems are breaching its own code of practice.” 

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BBC News, 31st May 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk