The Act came into force on 6 April 2008.
Scope of the Act
An offence is committed under the Act if the way in which an organisation manages or organises its activities:-
(a) causes a person’s death and
(b) amounts to a gross breach of a relevant duty of care owed by the organisation to the deceased.
Gross Breach
The statutory definition of [...]

Posted: April 8th, 2008 under Corporate Defence & Prosecution.
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The Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association have applied to register the name ‘Melton Mowbray Pork Pie’ as a protected geographical indication (PGI). The published application can be found at http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2008:085:0017:0020:EN:PDF. The proposed geographical areas is around the town of Melton Mowbray but is defined by boundaries described by reference to various roads in the region. [...]

Posted: April 7th, 2008 under Intellectual Property.
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A number of important changes come into force from 6 April 2008:
• Statutory Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay increases from £112.75 to £117.18 a week;
• Statutory Sick Pay increases from £72.55 to £75.40 a week;
• Sex Discrimination Act amended to comply with European law (click here for a summary).
• Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004 will apply to employers [...]

Posted: April 3rd, 2008 under Employment/HR.
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The European Commission has published a summary of its November 2007 decision, in which it found that Sony, Fuji and Maxell had fixed prices for professional videotapes sold in Europe, contrary to European competition law. The Commission imposed total fines of EUR74.79 million.The Commission found that Sony, Fuji and Maxell were engaged in a [...]

Posted: April 3rd, 2008 under Competition Law & Regulatory.
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The legal position between an ex-employee and his employer when the ex-employee sets up in competition has once again been before the courts. The issue, inevitably, is has the ex-employee done anything wrong in competing and, in particular, has the employee obtained an advantage in his or her competition with the former employer by taking [...]

Posted: April 3rd, 2008 under Competition Law & Regulatory.
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