BBC News has recently reported that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has criticised some debt management companies for persuading people to sign up to unsuitable and expensive repayment plans. It has been suggested that some companies are targeting...

The Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/880) (2014 Regulations) came into force on 6 April 2014. The 2014 regulations most importantly introduce fines for certain specific breaches. While not all the...

The Law Society has proposed that human rights and business training should form part of legal training requirements in line with the UN guiding principles on the same. The proposal appears in a set of recommendations published in March by the Society's...

The Sentencing Council has published a new definitive guideline on fraud, bribery and money laundering offences committed by corporate offenders which will come into force on 1 st October 2014. The guidelines will apply to all corporate offenders sentenced...

2nd April 2014 is National Autism Awareness Day. Autism is a condition that affects one in a hundred people in the UK and is recognised as a developmental disability. It affects the way a person communicates and how they experience the world around them. ...