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Bribery Act needs rethinking in the consultation period

The Bribery Act needs significant reworking according to white-collar criminal solicitor Oliver Gardner. Gardner, managing partner at Howards Solicitors, believes that the Act is clumsy and ill defined in planning and will prove controversial in implementation as it lacks concrete guidance. The Bribery Act aims to attract inward investment to the UK by routing out…

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New Parenting Arrangements should be welcomed if they deliver the promised change – law could go further

NEW PARENTING ARRANGEMENTS should be welcomed but with some reservation argues family lawyer Neil Grunfeld. Grunfeld believes Government recommendations concerning grandparents’ access to grandchildren in the event of a divorce or separation are very much to be applauded, although they have been some time in coming. The New Parenting Agreements will explicitly set out contact…

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Rossendale Council’s New Controversial Points System For Taxi Drivers Leading To A Wave Of Strikes – 13/10/2010

Rossendale Council’s new penalty point system will lead to crippling disruptive action if not dropped immediately according to Glenn Bulcock of Rossendale Taxi Association. Over 200 Rossendale taxi drivers met on Monday to give their backing to strike action if the Licensing Unit at the Council does not back down. The Council’s new licensing proposal…