Mar
22
Acas has published an updated version of its guide to internet and email policies for employers. OUT-Law.com has also recently updated updated its template policy.
Acas Guide [updated]
OUT-law.com’s Communications Policy
By Nick Holmes, 22 March 2004
Mar
17
Will’s will
Filed Under Miscellany
William Shakespeare’s will is now available to the public to read online, nearly 400 years after the playwright put quill to paper. The historic document, in which Shakespeare famously bequeathed his “second-best bed” to his wife, has been put on the web by the National Archives. The wills of more than 100 other famous figures […]
By Nick Holmes, 17 March 2004
Mar
16
The Court of Appeal ruled on 3 March that recruitment site totaljobs.com had not infringed a trade mark that had been used as a meta tag in the source code of totaljobs’ web site and in paid adverts on search engines. Recruitment agency Reed Executive plc sued publishers Reed Business Information Ltd and others (including […]
By Nick Holmes, 16 March 2004
Mar
9
Sir David Clementi released his Consultation Paper relating to the regulatory framework for legal services in England and Wales on 8 March 2004. The paper seeks to stimulate a wide debate about regulation of lawyers.
Chapter B suggests illustrative models for a new regulatory regime: Model A proposes that all regulatory functions move to a new […]
By Nick Holmes, 9 March 2004
Mar
3
The Office of the e-Envoy has unveiled the first stage of the Government’s new online service Directgov. Designed around the needs of the user, Directgov makes it much easier to find and access government information and services electronically.
Directgov brings together information from across many Whitehall departments in one place, making it easier for people to […]
By Nick Holmes, 3 March 2004
Mar
1
Constitutional Reform Bill
Filed Under Justice
The Constitutional Reform Bill was introduced in the House of Lords on 24 February 2004 to much criticism.
Part 1 makes provision for replacing the office of Lord Chancellor and abolishing that office. There are provisions in relation to the judiciary and the courts, the Great Seal, and the Speakership of the House of Lords. This […]
By Nick Holmes, 1 March 2004
