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New Vetting and Barring Scheme for those working with children and vulnerable adults: guidance published

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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December 7 2009

The long awaited Vetting and Barring Scheme came into effect in October and is intended to provide additional safeguards to protect children and vulnerable adults

High Court rules that the coroner does not have an unlimited discretion to call evidence in a non-Article 2 inquest

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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March 9 2010

In a recent judicial review of a coroner's decision, the High Court was asked to consider, among other things, the correct scope for a non-Article 2 inquest

The public sector equality duty: response to the government consultation

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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February 16 2011

The bulk of the Equality Act came into force last October, replacing the previous anti-discrimination laws with a single piece of legislation

Proposed changes to barring regime announced

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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March 9 2011

A re-think of how the barring regime operates for those working with vulnerable groups is among many changes to the vetting and barring rules proposed in the Protection of Freedoms Bill, which has recently received its second reading in the House of Commons

Vetting and barring scheme to be scaled back

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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March 15 2011

The much criticised vetting and barring scheme is to be significantly scaled back under the Protection of Freedoms Bill (the Bill) which is expected to receive Royal Assent by early 2012

Emergency service managers to face manslaughter charges

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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March 15 2011

Three Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service managers will face charges of manslaughter by gross negligence for the deaths of four firefighters in a warehouse in Atherstone-on-Stour in 2007, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has decided

Criminal Records Bureau and vetting and barring scheme scaled back

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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October 15 2012

A series of significant changes made to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (SVGA 2006) by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 came into effect on 10 September 2012

Conflicts of interest

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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June 26 2012

It is unclear whether an in-house lawyer who conducts litigation for her employer and who moves to a new employer is subject to the strict rules on conflicts of interest laid down for external firms of solicitors by the House of Lords in Bolkiah v KPMG

Vicarious liability can extend to relationships akin to employment

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 7 2012

Last month’s Court of Appeal judgment involving a Roman Catholic priest, has the potential to widen the scope of employers’ liability considerably

Children and Families Bill published

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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March 8 2013

The Government has published the Children and Families Bill, which aims to fulfil a number of commitments it has made on children and families. In