IPCC: Appeal following police search of a man in central London – (IPCC calls for witnesses following Polsham, Somerset road incident ~ IPCC: Dame Anne Owers' response to ‘Police fear shortage of armed officers’ Guardian article ~ IPCC to investigate Thames Valley Police response in Ellis Downes case ~ IPCC: Merseyside Police officer to stand trial for driving offence ~ IPCC investigation following trial collapse ~ IPCC: “Failures” by Essex Police let down victims)
MoJ: Review puts education at heart of prison service – (MoJ: Biggest shake-up of prison system announced as part of Queen's Speech)
Home Office: Immigration Bill receives Royal Assent – (New HO legislation features in Queen’s Speech)
CLG: Landmark Housing & Planning Bill receives Royal Assent
ICO: Insolvency law – why rogue directors trying to avoid fines face a rocky ride
IPO: Baroness Neville-Rolfe introduces the IP (Unjustified Threats) Bill ~ LC: Government introduces the Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Bill into Parliament)
LC: Experts endorse our ‘clean sweep’ approach to sentencing reform
Land Registry: Issues with Variable Direct Debit notifications
Electoral Commission concludes party finance case
CMA report shows benefits of BAA break-up – (CMA: New blog post on competition law redress ~ CMA wants banks to work harder for their customers ~ CAB: CMA maximum charge on unarranged overdrafts good news for consumers ~ CMA: Juice merger must offer undertakings to avoid in-depth inquiry ~ CMA could block de-icing merger ~ CMA: Ladbrokes/Coral merger clearance may depend on shop sales ~ CMA: Safetykleen/Pure Solve merger investigation cancelled)
FCA: Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation created to help UK businesses comply with financial sanctions – (FCA reviews find mortgage firms lending responsibly but scope for improvement on competition ~ FCA bans Keydata’s former compliance officer, Peter Johnson)
FRC issues amendments to FRS 105 – (Audit quality review reports published by FRC)
Insolvency Service: Panama & Peru-registered ‘gold mining’ companies shut down
National Crime Agency: Drug smugglers hid heroin in tables
|