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Extradition processes and agreements between the UK and other countries, role of the Secretary of State, High Court and Supreme Court.
Data protection rules for businesses in recruiting staff, keeping staff records and using CCTV
To protect your trade mark outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
Investors and businesses may be legally required to tell the government about certain sensitive acquisitions under the National Security and Investment Act.
How to apply to protect a spirit drink name under the UK GI schemes.
How fishing is assessed and managed in marine protected areas (MPA)
Apply to get a court protection order if you or someone you know is a victim or in danger of female genital mutilation (FGM) (also known as 'female circumcision' or 'female genital cutting')
If you’re a business, organisation or sole trader that uses PPPs and adjuvants professionally in Great Britain, register to comply with regulations.
Who gets copyright, types of work it covers, permitted use of copyright material, how to license and sell copyright and help resolving disputes
Make an urgent or emergency application to get permission to make decisions for someone who lacks mental capacity including interim applications for people applying to be a deputy
How to apply for authorisation to import, move or keep specified material and the fees you must pay.
An explanation of the offshore SEA process, including documentation of the most recent assessment and related consultation.
How UK persons’ trading interests are protected and when authorisations must be obtained to trade with countries subject to specific extraterritorial laws.
Find out how to get help if you have concerns that someone is being abused or neglected under a lasting power of attorney, enduring power of attorney or deputy court order.
Follow this guidance if you’re a civil servant or government contractor to use cloud tools safely.
Guidelines on the acceptance of pleas and the prosecutor's role in the sentencing exercise (revised 2009).
How the Northern Ireland Protocol affects supplementary protection certificates (SPCs), and what it means you need to do when applying for an SPC and afterwards.
Guidance for businesses and organisations holding EU trade marks at the end of the transition period.
Competent authorities must take action to help protect, conserve and restore the protected habitats and species of European sites.
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