‘The Electoral Commission has fined the Conservative Party £70,000 over “significant” election campaign expenses issues.’
The Independent, 16th March 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Two brothers who ran a care home where elderly residents lived in squalor have been fined more than £80,000.’
BBC News, 6th March 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Drivers caught using their mobile phone behind the wheel face tougher penalties from Wednesday.’
The Independent, 28th February 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The London fire brigade has said it hopes “lessons are learned” after a council was fined £570,000 over safety failings at a 14-storey block of flats where six people died in a fire.’
The Guardian, 28th February 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The introduction of the Definitive Sentencing Guideline for Health and Safety, Corporate Manslaughter and Food Safety and Hygiene Offences in February 2016 has resulted in a huge shift in the punishment of safety offences.’
OUT-LAW.com, 21st February 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A man has been jailed over a shooting spree that led to one cat’s death and left six others injured.’
The Guardian, 17th February 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Organisations face stiffer obligations on the security measures they must put in place to prevent their systems and data being compromised as well as new duties to disclose major incidents or breaches they experience.’
OUT-LAW.com, 16th February 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Boardroom bosses face tougher punishments when they break financial reporting rules under proposals being submitted to the government by the body which polices corporate behaviour.’
The Guardian, 16th February 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘People guilty of “low level” offences in England and Wales will be able to accept and pay penalties and avoid having to appear before court under a new online process to be set up by the UK government.’
OUT-LAW.com, 13th February 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Defendants will soon be able to plead guilty, be convicted and pay a penalty immediately and entirely online for certain offences, the Ministry of Justice announced yesterday as digital justice moved a step closer to reality.’
Legal Futures, 9th February 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Robert Molloy, 20, was sentenced to 24 weeks in prison over the racist attack filmed by a fellow tram passenger in Manchester.’
The Guardian, 7th February 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Taxi drivers who refuse to pick up wheelchair users or attempt to charge more for transporting them could be fined up to £1,000 under new laws tackling discrimination.’
The Guardian, 7th February 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Cash-hungry councils are “all too often” rejecting out of hand drivers’ challenges to parking fines without even bothering to read them, according to a watchdog report.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th February 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘More than £1.5m will go to projects that help wildlife and the environment as companies pay for breaking green laws, the Environment Agency has said.’
The Guardian, 30th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Term-time holidays are now being allowed by schools in many parts of the country after councils changed their policy fining parents.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th January 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The government must enforce the law to ban sexist dress rules at work that discriminate against women, MPs say.’
BBC News, 25th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A taxi driver who refused to carry a guide dog because he claimed it was against his religion has been fined for breaching equality laws.’
BBC News, 25th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A British university has been fined £400,000 after two of its students were left fighting for their lives following a botched science experiment.’
The Independent, 25th January 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘rivers responsible for the most serious speeding offences are set to face harsher penalties under new sentencing guidelines for magistrates.’
Daily Telegraph, 24th January 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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