The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (the ‘Regulations’) affect all business-to-consumer transactions, so any business which sells consumer goods, supplies services used by consumers, labels consumer goods, etc., needs to comply with these Regulations. 
 
The Regulations prohibit unfair practices.  In most cases, an offence is only committed if the unfair practice causes, or [...]

Posted: August 14th, 2008 under Miscellaneous.
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Markets
London - The FTSE is currently 3.2 points lower at 5,351.50. Shares were lower at the open on Monday following pre-weekend falls on Wall Street, with further earnings reports from UK banks, kicking off later this morning with HSBC, and global interest rate decisions to be the main focus of attention this week. BT is the leading riser after being awarded a new three year, multi-million pound contract with the Ministry of Justice, to provide an automated fine payment service for Magistrates’ Courts across England and Wales. Eurasian Natural Resources heads up the faller’s board with a number of other mining companies which falling in line with global metal prices.

Posted: August 4th, 2008 under Miscellaneous.
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A Law Commission report has called for dozens of obsolete laws on the statute books to be repealed. The Commission has drafted a bill which would repeal 206 acts and 68 parts of acts including those relating to archaic concepts such as workhouses, poor relief, bawdyhouses and transportation to the colonies.
About time many of you [...]

Posted: February 20th, 2008 under Miscellaneous.
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