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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
31 March 2012
The E-Regulator: Press Round Up March 2012
Please click on the link for a recent round-up of press releases from major regulatory bodies.
30 March 2012
The Regulator: Encouraging or assisting suicide
Julie Matheson analyses the potential drawbacks of ‘principles-based
regulation’ in controversial areas of the law, in light of the recent
draft guidance published by the GMC for its Investigation Committee
and Case Examiners when considering allegations about a doctor’s
involvement in encouraging or assisting suicide.
30 March 2012
The Regulator: When personal data is lost, stolen or falls into the wrong hands
Emily Carter considers the current statutory obligations to inform the Information Commissioner’s Office and individuals affected – and the likely development of these obligations in light of the recent judicial review of the Metropolitan Police’s decision not to notify victims of phone
hacking, as well as the announcement of the proposed new European Directive on data protection.
30 March 2012
The Regulator: Insider trading - Knowing where to draw the line
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is alive and kicking. Since bringing its first criminal prosecution for insider trading in 2008, it has secured 11 convictions with 15 defendants awaiting trials in the wings. This new muscularity has not been brought about by new law, but in the FSA’s change in attitude since the censure of its role in the 2008 crisis. Civil regulation is also experiencing a transition: while fines spiral ever upwards, clarity on how to avoid them is enjoying less of a boom.
30 March 2012
The Regulator: Environmental civil sanctions in practice
Hamish Common considers the recent application of the civil sanctions regime as applied to environmental offending and asks what measures may be necessary to assure its success in the longer term?