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Charity Commission Issues New Guidance for Charities on Taking & Defending Legal Proceedings

5th August 2016
The Charity Commission (‘the commission’), the independent regulator of charities in England and Wales, has recently published ‘Charities and litigation – a guide for trustees (CC38)’. The prospect of taking or defending legal proceedings is often a difficult and complex matter for trustees that can present significant risk to a charity. This brand new guidance […]
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The SFO’s Battle for Survival

28th July 2016
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO), as Britain’s prosecutor of serious fraud, bribery and corruption cases, finds itself under attack from various angles if it ever missteps, particularly in high profile cases. One recurring source of pressure has been Theresa May’s long-held enmity towards the SFO, and her desire to incorporate it within the National Crime […]
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Judicial Review Judgement Has Wide Reaching Implications Given Ageing Prison Population

27th July 2016
In an important judgment given the ageing prison population, Louis Browne from Exchange Chambers has secured an important judicial review success for the Ministry of Justice at the Royal Courts of Justice. In the case of Zifforah Tyrrell and HM Senior Coroner County Durham and Darlington and The Ministry of Justice, the issue concerned the […]
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What Do New Data Protection Regulations Mean for Retail Marketing Post-Brexit?

26th July 2016
Under new data protection regulation, consumers will have increased rights to object to processing of their personal information. Mark Fairbairn, Head of Retail at Equifax, explains what this could mean for retailers and both their online and offline marketing strategies. “The EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), designed to protect consumer privacy and data […]
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Joint CLAF Working Group Established for Legal Aid

18th July 2016
The Bar Council, the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) and the Law Society of England and Wales have joined forces to set up a Joint Working Group to examine the viability of a Contingent Legal Aid Fund (CLAF) and make recommendations by the end of the year. A CLAF is a recyclable, pooled fund which […]
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Strengthening European Prosecution of IPR Infringement

15th July 2016
This week, Eurojust and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further expand the existing fruitful collaboration to support European prosecutors working with cases concerning violations of intellectual property rights (IPRs). The MOU, signed at Eurojust headquarters in The Hague (Netherlands), will enable the further development of specific […]
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Drones Are the Future, Say 1 in 3 Businesses

14th July 2016
New research reveals the extent to which drones are taking off in business, despite poor knowledge of some of the rules surrounding their use. One in three business decision makers (34%) say the technology is either already in use in their industry, or will be in the future, according to the research, carried out by […]
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