Author Archives: CompactLaw Admin
Tesco or should that be “Tes-doh”?
An embarrassing “glitch”, (probably a case of “fudge fingers”) meant that Tesco advertised the latest version of the iPad for £49.99, instead of the recommended retail price of £659. (The only downside we can see is that buyers would only … Continue reading
Google privacy and problems
There has been quite a bit of internet and media angst about Google updating their privacy policy. To be more accurate we should state that Google has unified all their separate privacy policies into one single all-encompassing policy. This is … Continue reading
Increase in employment compensation limits
The following employment compensation limits have increased in line with inflation, and apply from 1st February 2012. Unfair Dismissal Basic Award: the maximum weekly pay figure increased from £400 to £430 per week. The statutory maximum that can be paid … Continue reading
Megaupload mega problem
So Kim Dotcom, (aka Kim Schmitz, Kimble) a co-founder of Megaupload has been arrested along with the other founder Mathias Ortmann and several employees. This will change….nothing. There are plenty of other websites that run the same “digital locker” services … Continue reading
Online piracy
The debate over online piracy stepped up a significant notch today when Rupert Murdoch attacked the Obama administration for supporting two bills currently going through the US Congress. All the heat is being generated by the Stop Online Piracy Act … Continue reading
Debt Relief Orders
Recent figures point to 1 in 4 people heading for insolvency. A large number of these people are students with large loans to pay back, and no work. 25 – 34 year olds are the single largest group resorting to … Continue reading
Pay Day Loans
The Office of Fair Trading reported last year that the so-called high-cost credit sector provides a useful service. We have to ask useful to whom exactly? It has been reported that US credit firms have setup in the UK due … Continue reading
Email Policy – what is yours?
The chief executive of the technology services company Atos has decreed that internal emails will be banned from completely from 2014. Though the use of email for external communication will obviously remain. Atos is also seeking to rely more upon … Continue reading
Unfair dismissal law
A new report, (which has not been made public, but has been widely leaked) has recommended that unfair dismissal regulations should be radically revised or scrapped. The report by venture capitalist and Conservative party donor Adrian Beecroft has stated that … Continue reading
First Bribery Act conviction
A clerk at Redbridge Magistrates Court has become the first person to be successfully prosecuted under the Bribery Act 2010. The clerk, (now former clerk) Munir Yakub Patel was caught in a sting run by the Sun newspaper. Mr Patel … Continue reading
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