Legislation / Legal (Archive)

IPCC:  Former South Wales Police officer charged with rape – (IPCC calls for lessons to be learnt on grooming following murder of Breck Bednar ~ The IPCC has found no issue with the way Essex Police handled a rape investigation in 2011 ~ IPCC publishes report into Northampton nightclub deaths ~ IPCC finds no case to answer for misconduct for a senior GMP Office for failing to declare a potential conflict of interest ~ IPCC announces independent investigation into historic sexual assault complaint handling)

HO:  Government sets out case for joining Prüm – (New psychoactive substance banned under temporary power)

Cabinet Office:  First Parliamentary Counsel appointed: Elizabeth Gardiner

ICO:  Nuisance call crackdown continues with letters to 1,000 companies trading names and numbers – (PPI claims firm fined £80,000 for sending 1.3m spam texts ~ ICO issues fines totalling £170,000 to cold call blocking companies)

Surveillance Camera Commissioner’s speech to the National Taxi Association AGM

HMRC:  Net closes in on offshore tax cheats

MOJ:  Prisons announcement

Ofgem:  BES to pay £980,000 for failures in customer service following Ofgem investigation

YJB responds to HMIP inspection of Feltham A Young Offender Institution

Environment Agency:  Married couple & company must pay £130,000 for waste crime – (EA:  Suffolk slurry pollution leads to fine)

ScotGov:  £1.8m support for prisoners’ families – (ScotGov:  Justice Secretary comments on IOCCO findings ~
ScotGov:  Simplifying property law)

WAG:  Landmark landlord licensing scheme hailed as UK first – (WAG:  Welsh Government moves to block UK Trade Union Bill ~ WAG:  New law to reform regulation & inspection of social care in Wales passed)

CMA reviews Performing Right Society undertakings – (CMA publishes issues statement for FirstGroup review ~ Petrol station merger has chance to avoid in-depth investigation)

FCA publishes Call for Inputs on Big Data – (FCA:  Call for Inputs - Big Data in retail general insurance ~ FCA:  Occasional Paper No. 11 - Methods for analysing mortgage markets ~ FCA:  Update on FCA activities on pensions & retirement income ~ FCA consults on changes to PPI complaint handling rules ~ FCA fines Barclays £72m for poor handling of financial crime risks ~ FCA seeks views on its approach to small businesses)

FRC:  Audit Committee Chairs believe audit is improving – (FRC:  Making dividends disclosures more relevant for investors ~ FRC has called on the IASB to reconsider its proposed Conceptual Framework)

National Crime Agency:  Cyber crime partnership results in two arrests – (NCA:  Family-run crime group to pay back more than £2m for drug & money laundering offences ~ Gang used bogus companies to launder £35m ~
Dark web gun fantasist who wanted to be an NCA officer)

TUC welcomes Scottish Government’s opposition to the Trade Union Bill

Spotlight on women at Serco – Anita’s story