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14 Maternity Trusts to be Scrutinised as Part of National Investigation
Kirsty Allen
5 April 2017
Companies and directors of larger companies face criminal prosecution and unlimited fines for non or misreporting of payment practices
On 6 April 2017, new criminal offences for companies and directors will be introduced when the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017 (“the Reporting Regulations”) come into effect. Similar Regulations relating to limited liability partnerships (LLPs) will also come into force.
3 April 2017
Police Bail - Funding essential to promote real change
Changes to police bail come into force today amid a police outcry. “Sex offenders and serious criminals could escape justice”, said one headline: paedophiles and murderers could be free to walk the streets; police forces won’t know who is under investigation – this hyperbole is designed to be provoke debate and to draw attention to the fact that the police do not think the time limits they have been given are long enough.
3 April 2017
Arrow Recycling fined in Health and Safety Executive prosecution for cardboard crushing
On 23 March 2017 Arrow Recycling Ltd were fined £160,000 at Wolverhampton Magistrates’ Court after one of its workers, 49 year old Parvez Ahmed, was seriously injured by 400kg of falling cardboard. The incident, occurring at the company’s Smethwick site in April last year, resulted in Mr Ahmed being placed in a 10-day induced coma and suffering from a cracked skull and brain haemorrhage.
3 April 2017
Flares, fireworks, and festivals
From today (3 April 2017), festivalgoers with a passion for pyrotechnics will need to think very carefully before packing their flares and fireworks, as a change in the law now makes it a criminal offence to be in possession of these and similar items at live music events.
31 March 2017
Discrimination and unstable upbringings are mitigating factors under recent young person sentencing guidelines
The Sentencing Council have highlighted a number of new forward-thinking factors to be taken into account when assessing the welfare of children and young people being sentenced. The recently published Definitive Guideline to Sentencing Children and Young People[1] will apply to all children and young people sentenced on or after 1 June 2017 and aims to encourage the court to take into account the social and ethnic background of young offenders. This article considers two particularly interesting aspects that are addressed.
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