| 1 | Business interruption: pandemics and other civil emergencies A practice note giving organisations an overview of some of the legal and practical issues arising from the threat of disruption by pandemic influenza and other civil emergencies. Practical Law is grateful to Alexis Roberts, a partner in the Insurance & Reinsurance Group of Pinsent Masons LLP, for his assistance with aspects of this note. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 2 | Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 This note provides a summary of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007. The Act received Royal Assent on 26 July 2007 and is in force from 6 April 2008 (with the exception of the provisions relating to deaths in custody). The Act applies to the whole of the UK. Broadly, under the Act, an organisation (which includes most employers) is guilty of an offence if the way in which its activities are managed or organised (by its senior management) causes a person's death and this amounts to a gross breach of a relevant duty of care owed by the organisation to the deceased. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 3 | Court of Appeal applies Alderslade principle to crane hire ... A legal update on Jose v MacSalvors Plant Hire Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 1329, where the Court of Appeal decided that a crane hirer's indemnity to the crane owner did not apply where the crane owner was negligent. | Legal update: archive | 06-Jan-2010 |
| 4 | Fixed or floating charge?: Taking security over stock ... How to create a valid fixed charge and the considerations for a lender where fixed security is impossible. | Articles | 01-Jun-1995 |
| 5 | Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008 A note on the Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008, which increases the maximum penalties for health and safety offences under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 6 | Key stages of a trial in the magistrates' court: flowchart A flowchart setting out the key stages in a summary trial (as set out in rule 37(3) of the Criminal Procedure Rules 2011). Note: this note is in the process of being updated to reflect changes introduced by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. | Checklists | Maintained |
| 7 | Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 ... The government has been given the power under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 to remove or amend the caps on fines that magistrates' courts can impose for criminal offences. | Legal update: archive | 12-Jun-2012 |
| 8 | London 2012 Olympic Games toolkit A toolkit to guide users through PLC content that may be useful in the context of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The toolkit includes materials that will be helpful for businesses involved in the Olympics in a commercial capacity and those that have sites in London that are likely to be affected during the course of the Olympics. | Practice note: overview | 02-Jul-2012 |
| 9 | Magistrates' courts: bail A note on the bail procedure in the magistrates' courts. It covers the bail application procedure and the statutory exceptions to the right to bail. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 10 | Magistrates' courts: jurisdiction and overview This note provides an overview of magistrates' courts and their jurisdiction. It also considers how magistrates are appointed, where magistrates' courts should be located and the various matters that magistrates will deal with within their criminal and civil jurisdictions. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 11 | Magistrates' courts: key stages in a trial This note covers the key stages in a trial in the magistrates' court. It includes an overview of the plea before venue procedure, mode of trial procedure for either-way offences and also covers committal proceedings and case management. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 12 | Magistrates' courts: pre-trial procedure and practice A note on pre-trial procedure and practice in the magistrates' courts. The note also deals with potential case management issues and the key stages in a prosecution. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 13 | Magistrates' courts: sentencing and appeals This note covers sentencing and appeals from the magistrates' court. It also deals with the current sentencing guidelines and sentencing options. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 14 | New approach for marketing of products: product safety ... On 21 November 2011, the European Commission adopted a package of proposals aligning nine Directives to Decision 768/2008 on a common framework of measures for the marketing of products. The proposed changes to these nine Directives on alignment relate to definitions, the obligations of economic operators, traceability requirements, conformity assessment bodies and procedures and CE marking. When adopted, these Directive will ensure better product safety. The sectors concerned are electrical and electronic products, lifts, measuring instruments, civil explosives, pyrotechnic articles and equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres. | Legal update: archive | 24-Nov-2011 |
| 15 | Plea before venue and mode of trial procedures in the ... A flowchart setting out the plea before venue and mode of trial procedures in the magistrates' court based on materials provided by HM Courts Service. Note: this note is in the process of being updated to reflect the changes introduced by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. | Checklists | Maintained |
| 16 | Preventing health and safety issues This note provides a summary of the business costs of health and safety risks and an overview of the various EU directives that impact on the health and safety environment. | Practice notes | 27-Feb-2012 |
| 17 | Product safety: the new EU regime A consideration of the legal and practical implications of the new EU product safety regime. | Articles | 21-Jul-2005 |
| 18 | Structured sentencing approach in the magistrates' court ... Flowchart setting out how the structured approach operates in the magistrates' court under both the old and new sentencing guidelines. Note: this note is in the process of being updated to reflect changes introduced by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. | Checklists | Maintained |