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Your Thoughts: Digital Voting & CyberSecurity

9th January 2017
Following news that the UK government wants to implement digital voting in coming years, at the turn of 2017, the former head of MI6, Sir John Sawers claimed balloting with pencil and paper was much more secure. With the way the internet of things is taking the world by storm, and the digital era is […]
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New AGFS Plan will Mean Fairer Pay for Advocates

6th January 2017
The Bar Council and the Young Barristers’ Committee welcome new proposals published by the Ministry of Justice which will mean barristers and other advocates will be paid fairly for the work they do in publicly funded criminal cases. The new, fairer Advocates’ Graduated Fee Scheme (AGFS), if implemented, will mean barristers’ fees are no longer […]
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Aggressive EU Enforcement Drives Increase in Global Cartel Fines Total for 2016

5th January 2017
The European Commission imposed $4.09 billion in fines in 2016 - its largest total ever - driving up overall global cartel fines figures by over a billion dollars for the year compared with 2015, according to Allen & Overy’s Global Cartel Enforcement Report, published today. Despite the lowest annual fine levels in a decade from […]
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Will New EU Data Regulations Cause More Pain For UK Charities?

4th January 2017
It’s no secret that UK charities are suffering. Over the last 10 years alone they’ve lost more than £3.8bn in government grants and there’s no sign these are the last cuts they’ll see. But just when many charities were hoping, with the change of government, that perhaps the worst is over, a piece of EU […]
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Sir Brendan Barber Predicts Key Workplace Issues in 2017

3rd January 2017
Sir Brendan Barber, the chair of Britain’s top employment relations service, Acas, predicts what lies in store within the world of work for 2017 in a blog published today. Brendan Barber said: “History may remember 2016 as the year of surprise voting results that defied polling experts, which ended with a period of industrial unrest. […]
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Last Minute Attempt to Choke UN Funding for Human Rights

23rd December 2016
In the very final UN session of the year, a handful of countries seeking to avoid scrutiny of their own human rights records are attempting to cut off essential funding for the UN's independent experts. (New York) States including China, Russia, Israel and Belarus are expected to attempt to block the funding of key UN […]
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Leasehold Solutions Welcomes Housing Minister’s Calls for Leasehold Reform

22nd December 2016
The government’s Housing Minister, Gavin Barwell MP, has called the current leasehold system a “widespread problem that needs addressing” during a debate in the House of Commons to discuss the Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Act (2002). Speaking at the end of a wide-ranging debate, during which MPs offered numerous examples of unfair and unjust practices […]
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