Legislation / Legal (Archive)

IPCC recommends better driver training following fatal collision involving a West Yorkshire Police vehicle – (IPCC outlines findings of investigation involving City of London Police officers ~ IPCC recommends improvements to Avon & Somerset Constabulary driver training following investigation ~ IPCC issues Taser recommendation following Andrew Pimlott investigation)

HMIC:  Cumbria police custody – a mixed picture

Ministry of Justice:  Smoking in prisons – (MoJ:  Government to outlaw legal referral fees ~ MoJ:  Clampdown on rogue claims management companies)

Environment Agency:  Repeated raw sewage leaks, lead to one of the largest water company fines – (EA:  Pub company fined £150,000 after polluting watercourse ~ EA:  Run(a)way business operated illegally for more money)

DWP:  Government overturns turban workplace rule

DH:  Smoking in cars with children banned

BIS:  New rights for consumers when buying digital content

CLG:  Brandon Lewis raises the alarm over tenant safety

ScotGov:  Proposals for bold action on reoffending – (ScotGov:  ‘Right to rent’ plan raises rogue landlord fears ~ ScotGov:  Fiscal Commission Bill published ~ ScotGov:  Annual wildlife crime report  ~ ScotGov:  Inquiry into Historical Abuse of Children in Care)

Insolvency Service:  Carbon credit company director hit with 15 year disqualification for involving his company in investment scam – (IS:  Bridgend-based director gets 7 year disqualification for using money that could have gone to company creditors ~ IS:  8 years directorship ban for Luton chauffeur service owner ~ IS:  Recruitment company directors get directorship bans for leaving creditors out of pocket ~ Insolvency Service:  SSI steel works: information for employees and creditors)

Information Commissioner's Office:  Be wary of public Wi-Fi – (ICO:  ‘When we talk about offering digital services at the ICO we don’t mean driving customers to the least expensive contact channel’ ~ ICO issues largest ever nuisance calls fine)

Financial Conduct Authority:  PS15/23: Consumer credit - feedback on CP15/6 and final rules & guidance – (FCA:  Overall complaints fall by 2.1% but banking and credit card complaints increase ~ FCA proposes changes to pension rules to enhance consumer protection)

Findings of the FRC in respect of the accounts of blur Group plc for the year ended 31 December 2013 – (FRC's work to enhance justifiable confidence in audit through implementation of the EU Audit Regulation & Directive)

NCA:  Op Captura ‘Most Wanted’ fugitive arrested in Germany – (NCA:  Paedophile ring sentenced to 43 years in prison ~ NCA:  Investigators follow up new lines of enquiry after appeal)

CMA opens new survey for users on GOV.UK – (CMA publishes final determinations on electricity distribution appeals ~ Ofgem welcomes CMA’s decision on appeals against the RIIO-ED1 price control ~ CMA provisionally clears water merger ~ CMA welcomes Ryanair’s withdrawal of challenge ~ CMA requests UK review of O2/Three merger)

Homeless Link:  Lifesaving legislation for a faster response to opiate overdoses

Legal Aid Agency:  Crime news: better case management rollout and new guidance

CBI comments on class action rules

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