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Quarterly planning briefing

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 14 2013

The Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (the Act) was given Royal Assent on 25 April 2013. It follows the Localism Act 2011 and the National Planning

Agency law in Hong Kong and people’s Republic of China

  • RPC
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  • China, Hong Kong
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  • May 14 2013

The law of agency and distribution in Hong Kong is governed by common law principles of equity and contract. These principles govern the rights and

Court of Appeal upholds oral statement as contractually binding

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 14 2013

The Court of Appeal recently confirmed that a Chief Executive's announcement made orally to staff on behalf of the board amounted to a contractual

China arbitration update - a local (international) difficulty

  • RPC
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  • China
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  • May 10 2013

The on-going dispute between, on the one hand, CIETAC and, on the other, SHIAC (the new Shanghai International Arbitration Center1) and SCIA (the new

Death by runaway lorry leads to £326k penalty

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 9 2013

Nightfreight Distribution (GB) pleaded guilty to breach of sections 2(1) and 3(1) HSWA following an incident in 2010. Russell Homer had left his

HSE issues consultation for a new code for local authority H & S inspections

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
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  • May 9 2013

The National Local Authority Enforcement Code is aiming to focus local authority inspections on workplaces which involve the most serious risks or

HSE annual statistics report

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 9 2013

The HSE has released its most recent statistics report for the period 201112. During that period, there were 173 fatalities, two less than the

JFC Plastics fails to establish that breach was not significant cause of death

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 9 2013

JFC Plastics had pleaded guilty to breach of s 2(1) HSWA following an incident in 2005 when its employee Steven Bennett was fatally crushed after

Warwickshire Council fined £30k for fire fighter deaths

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 9 2013

In previous updates we have reported on the prosecutions arising from a blaze at a warehouse which led to the deaths of four fire fighters - John

Unsafe traffic management fatality leads to fines in excess of £500k

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
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  • May 9 2013

Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Limited (BBIL) and Enterprise (AOL) Limited have been ordered to pay a total of £650k in fines and prosecution costs