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21 Dec 2012
Software companies will be permitted to use "technological protection measures" (TPM) to prevent consumers making copies of their works for private use under planned changes to copyright law, the Government has said.
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21 Dec 2012
A university in Liverpool did not have to disclose emails sent from a lecturer's university email account concerning the lecturer's work at a climate change policy think tank because the information could not be said to be 'held' by the institution, an...
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21 Dec 2012
Restricting before the event (BTE) insurance cover for legal fees to a prescribed rate will not breach an insured party's right to choose its own lawyer, providing that the prescribed rate is reasonable, the Court of Appeal has said.
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21 Dec 2012
The Government and local authorities will be able to invest in broadband infrastructure to significantly enhance the speed of services available in areas where there is existing private sector presence under exceptional circumstances, the European Commission...
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21 Dec 2012
An inspector has recommended that The London Borough of Croydon's community infrastructure levy (CIL) draft charging schedule (DCS) is approved.
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21 Dec 2012
Housing Minister Mark Prisk has announced a new Build to Rent Government fund of £200 million to boost the construction of new homes for private rent.
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21 Dec 2012
An inspector has found that The London Borough of Croydon's Local Plan is sound, subject to modifications, despite some of the housing targets in the plan being set at nearly half the amount set out in the London Plan.
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21 Dec 2012
OPINION: Reforms to the planning regime for heritage assets are welcome and will deliver more certainty in 2013, but the reforms will only work if local authorities are given the resources to implement them.
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21 Dec 2012
OPINION: In 2012 the very first neighbourhood development plans (NDPs) were produced and submitted for independent examination.
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21 Dec 2012
The Government must go further to ensure that banks are unable to "game" draft rules that will force them to separate their riskier investment activities from their customer-facing services, a committee of MPs and peers has said.
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