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EHRC tells Court of Appeal employers should be more 'carer-friendly' to retain staff
Dangerous dogs: owners now face tougher sentences for attacks
Refund time limit will help consumers get their money back
Portsmouth waste tyre boss gets suspended jail sentence and ordered to pay £13,500 – (County Durham farmer fined £1,600 for burning mixed waste on his land ~ Severn Trent fined over pollution of the Messingham Reservoir)
Kent murder – IPCC investigate police response to emergency call – (IPCC begins independent investigation in to Chief Constable of Avon & Somerset police ~ IPCC investigating death of man in police custody in Leeds ~ IPCC investigating MPS contact with man in Feltham)
Judging a UK written constitution?
HMRC defeats NT Advisors again at a tax tribunal – (HMRC Tribunal ruling halts charity tax relief abuse)
Cheque Centre stops selling single repayment payday loans and agrees to change business model to meet FCA’s tougher consumer protection requirements
Immigration Bill received Royal Assent – (The new Intellectual Property Act receives Royal Assent ~ Remote Gambling Bill receives Royal Assent ~ New Welsh Education law receives Royal Assent ~ Water Act gains Royal Assent – provides affordable flood insurance)
Simplifying Scots Contract Law
Historic reforms to create new State Pension
Martin Brokers (UK) Limited fined £630,000 for significant failings in relation to LIBOR
Consumer credit firms must raise advertising standards, says FCA
Employers could now face fines of up to £20,000 per illegal worker under new legislation

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