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  • 20 July 2007

    Safeguarding personal data

    Last week’s reports that record numbers of companies and Government departments are fuelling a £1.7billion a year crime racket by failing to protect people’s privacy, highlight the need for businesses to ensure adequate steps to safeguard personal information, says Simon White, data protection expert at law firm Browne Jacobson.
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  • 20 July 2007

    Awoyomi v Radford [2007] EWHC 1671 (QB) – Barristers' immunity from suit

    It is hard to believe that this recent case dealing with immunity from suit and limitation will not be subject to an appeal. The case concerned a client who alleged that she had been given the wrong advice about pleading guilty, leading to her having to spend three years at her majesty's pleasure. The advice was given in 1995, predating the decision in Hall v Simons [2002] 1 AC 615, which did away with barristers' immunity from suit. That decision was given on 20 July 2000.
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  • 19 July 2007

    Organ Donation: A Must?

    Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Sir Liam Donaldson thrust the subject of organ donation into the headlines yesterday, arguing that organs should be routinely taken without explicit consent unless the deceased has explicitly chosen to opt out of being a donor.
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  • 17 July 2007

    Refrain or be restrained

    On 1 April 2007 the school discipline chapter of the Education and Inspection Act 2006 came into force, implementing many of the recommendations of the Steer Group on School Behaviour and Discipline. On 11 April 2007, the Government issued non-statutory guidance on how to use the potentially wide new powers to discipline pupils.
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  • 16 July 2007

    Private care homes at war with civil liberties

    Despite the recent ruling by the Law Lords that the Human Rights Act does not apply to private care homes in England and Wales, Sarah Erwin, social care expert at law firm Browne Jacobson, points out that businesses still need to be prepared for an increasingly litigious climate.
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