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Private prosecutions – A route to justice for the charity sector
Sophie Tang
12 April 2017
The HSE publishes its business plan for 2017/18
On 30 March 2017, The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) published its business plan for 2017/18 in which it outlines its key objectives for the coming year. The Plan reviews the HSE’s achievements for 2016/17 and sets out four main areas in which it intends to continue to build on these.
10 April 2017
“School’s out for summer …” The Supreme Court rules on the meaning of ‘regular attendance’ in the term-time holiday case
The Supreme Court (“the Court”) has handed down judgment in the term-time holiday case (see Isle of Wight Council (Appellant) v Platt (Respondent) [2017] UKSC 28). The case has important implications for parents considering taking their children out of school for holidays during term-time. The Court has held that word ‘regularly’, in relation to section 444(1) of the Education Act 1996 (“the 1996 Act”), means ‘in accordance with the rules prescribed by the school’.
7 April 2017
GEO Group UK Ltd and Nestore Primecare Services Ltd face unlimited fines after CPS decision to institute health and safety prosecution
On 4 April 2017 it was announced that the CPS had made a decision to charge two firms over the death of a man on 30 October 2012 whilst held in an immigration detention centre.
6 April 2017
Additional funds for the Exchequer? The new dawn of DPAs and civil monetary penalties for breaches of financial sanctions (Part 1)
On 3 April 2017, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (“OFSI”), part of HM Treasury (“HMT”), published guidance (“the Guidance”) on the issue of monetary penalties for breaches of financial sanctions following the coming into force of section 146 of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 (“the 2017 Act”). The Guidance sets out OFSI’s processes and considerations in relation to monetary penalties for financial sanctions breaches.
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.
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