The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined online travel services company Think W3 Limited £150,000 following a data protection breach arising from insecure "coding" on the website of their subsidiary business Essential Travel Limited.

1. Farewell to the statutory DDPs and GPs. From 6 April 2009 the statutory dispute resolution procedures to deal with discipline and grievance were repealed with a new ACAS Code of Practice and accompanying guidance introduced.

Representatives of the third sector have held a summit to discuss compliance with rules covering fundraising and marketing calls made to supporters of their charities.

The Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010 came into force in the UK on 1 August 2016 and sets out detailed legal provisions.

The Serious Fraud Office ("SFO") is in the process of reviewing its published guidelines in relation to facilitation payments, hospitality and self-reporting.

The proposed 50% income tax rate may be grabbing all the headlines but the energy and renewables sector fared better than most in yesterday's Budget.

The new Regulation is, according to the European Council, "aimed at strengthening individual rights of EU citizens and ensuring a high standard of professionalism."

Last week could have seen the release of a list of blue-chip companies who utilised private detectives convicted of corrupt practices.

Business Secretary Vince Cable has announced plans to ban exclusivity clauses in zero hour contracts that prevent casual employees from working for another company.

A report by St Andrews, Edinburgh Napier and Stirling universities has found that employee-owned businesses outperform their competitors.

The decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal is a reminder to employers of the importance of being able to provide an adequate explanation for decisions.

Earlier this year, we reported that commission must now be included when calculating holiday pay.

A zero hours contract is traditionally used for casual working, it does not guarantee the worker with work and pays a worker only for the work that they have actually carried out.

The European Court of Justice's decision on this question, in the case of Lock v British Gas Trading Limited and others, will be available on 22 May 2014.

An employee found this out the hard way in the recent case of British Waterways Board v Smith UKEAT/0004/15.

One of the more common questions around the new Contract for Difference is: what scope do we have to change the bits of the contract we don’t like?

Two events – at the opposite ends of the scale – catch our eye this week and must raise questions as to the future of onshore wind.

The Scottish Parliament has passed the Succession (Scotland) Bill as a first step in attempting to modernise succession law in Scotland and ensure that "the law is fairer, clearer and more consistent."

The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 were laid before the Scottish Parliament on 18 December 2015

The news that USC has taken steps to commence an insolvency process is further proof that despite what TS Eliot may have claimed, January really is the cruellest month.