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For the first time since the Freedom of Information Act (the ''Act'') came into force in 2005, Government ministers have taken the decision to use a ministerial right to veto a public interest ruling made by the Information Tribunal.

In this tricky case, the basic principle to bear in mind is that partners are jointly and severally liable for partnership debts, even after dissolution.

Under new CIS, construction companies must meet a much stricter compliance test to retain gross payment status which is a rolling review looking back over the last 12 months.

Last week saw two UK regulatory bodies crack down on organisations for breaching the rules on direct marketing:

The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 have now been published in their final form and are due to come into force on 1 October this year.

They say watching too much TV gives you square eyes.

Those who have read our recent blogs will be aware that the development of the ‘gig-economy' in the UK has had a direct impact on employment law and the status of those working within it.

The Information Commissioner has, for the first time in what may be a landmark decision, allowed personal data held by a company to be transferred abroad on the basis of the Binding Corporate Rules. The Information Commissioner’s decision permitting General Electric to legally pass information about their employees to other divisions of the group located outside the European Economic Area represents a significant step forward for companies in their battle to transfer personal data abroad, and ma

With identity theft at an all time high, data security should be paramount in the minds of all businesses but, despite this, an unencrypted CD containing oodles of highly sensitive personal information about employees of leading security software firm McAfee was left lying in the pocket of an airline seat by their auditors in the USA.

On 10th January 2015 EU Regulation 1215/2012 (the Recast Regulation) comes into force across the EU.

The Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act (the Act) comes into force on 1 August 2010 and makes a number of changes affecting Scottish charities and charity trustees.

The European Court of Justice has today ruled that the European Commission's US Safe Harbor Decision, which lets American companies use a single standard for consumer privacy and data storage in both the US and Europe, is invalid.

The Ministry of Justice has issued a consultation paper to assess the appropriateness of fines of 10% of annual turnover up to a maximum of £500,000 for serious breaches by data controllers of any of the eight data protection principles.

In the run-up to 25 May 2018, it's a good idea for data processors to keep an ear firmly to the ground in terms of upcoming guidance from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

In light of the much anticipated ICO draft GDPR (the General Data Protection Regulation) Consent Guidance being published yesterday, 2 March 2017, we will be running a mini-series on the guidelines under consultation and the impact the GDPR will have on the much vexed position of consent and the impact on your business.

The European Court of Justice ("ECJ") may be set to call time on the ability of broadcasters to object to pubs and bars that use foreign satellite equipment to show subscription television.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued fines totalling £44.99 million to a number of pharmaceuticals companies for engaging in anti-competitive conduct and agreements in relation to the supply of paroxetine.