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Guidance for EU Settlement Scheme applicants in or outside the UK who have been affected by restrictions associated with coronavirus.
Find out about the different types of HMRC penalties and how you can help your clients avoid them.
The penalties if you are caught taking or dealing drugs - drug classification, fines and prison sentences
The range of prison sentences a court can give - including suspended, fixed-term, indeterminate and life sentences.
Find out what unacceptable or unreasonable actions are and how we approach them.
When to tell a potential employer, university, college or insurance company about a criminal record, when it becomes 'spent' and what shows up on a DBS check.
What to do about bullying and harassment at work - the law, action employees can take and advice for employers about their responsibilities
Despicable people who create sexually explicit ‘deepfakes’ will face prosecution under a new law announced by the government today (16 April 2024).
How the Operator Compliance Risk Score (OCRS) system works and how vehicle operators should use it.
Listing of countries with a known occurrence of high consequence infectious disease (HCID).
Advises on how to consider light within the planning system.
Dismissal is when your employer ends your employment - reasons you can be dismissed, unfair and constructive dismissal and what to do if you're dismissed
Disciplinary rules and procedures to deal with poor performance and conduct.
FCDO travel advice for Ecuador. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
FCDO travel advice for Cayman Islands. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
You could get penalty points (endorsements) on your driving record if you're convicted of a motoring offence
A patient alert card is being introduced for men taking finasteride to help raise awareness of the risk of psychiatric side effects and sexual dysfunction, including the potential for sexual dysfunction to persist after treatment has stopped. Healthcare professionals are...
Schools can sanction pupils or exclude them - find out what schools are allowed to do, like search pupils for knives or drugs
Getting a work reference from an employer either while in work or when applying for a new job – and what you can do if you think it's unfair.
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