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Regulatory Appeals – An Alternative Forum
The Court of Appeal[1] in Michalak v General Medical Council[2] has endorsed an alternative route of appeal to the...
Data Protection: The Criminal Offences
The Panama scandal has been brought about by an anonymous source allegedly hacking the data centre of a law firm in...
The first word in Enforcement Notices
Last June the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the Rotary Yorkshire case. The judgment was easily missed as it...
Risk not want not
On the 13th October the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal of C T Aviation in the case of R (on the application of...
DPA’s and Legal Advice Privilege – A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing?
A Wolf found great difficulty in getting at the sheep owing to the vigilance of the shepherd and his dogs. But one day...
Novation & Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2015
Imagine a scenario whereby at the start of a building project, an architect is engaged by the employer (who, for the...
A repeat fatality results in a high fine for an animal processing company
John Pointon and Sons of Cheddleton, Staffordshire an animal processing company have been ordered to pay £660,000 and...
The Court of Appeal reiterates that high fines will be applied against repeat and serious corporate offenders
On the 3rd June the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the case of R v Thames Water Utilities Ltd [2015] EWCA Crim...
The Supreme Court Judgment in R v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester and the affect on Professional Regulators
On 18 June 2014, the Supreme Court provided its decision in the case of R(T) v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester[1]....
