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Find out why you might get a civil injunction, Community Protection Notice, Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) (formerly known as ASBOs), what it means and what happens if you break it.
Includes being charged with a crime, cautions, community sentences and police powers
How road transport companies and their drivers must secure their vehicles to stop people using them to enter the UK illegally, and to avoid being fined.
The range of prison sentences a court can give - including suspended, fixed-term, indeterminate and life sentences.
The CMA is investigating the completed acquisition by Facebook, Inc (now Meta Platforms, Inc) of Giphy, Inc.
Schools can sanction pupils or exclude them - find out what schools are allowed to do, like search pupils for knives or drugs
You can receive an unlimited fine for employing an illegal worker - find out what happens and what you can do
Export controls on goods that can be used for torture or capital punishment.
Fines and prison sentences you can get for renting your property to someone who is not allowed to rent: what happens if you did not check, how you can object to a fine, how to appeal
Find out about the penalties that can be applied if you do not follow the UK tobacco track and trace rules.
The penalties if you are caught taking or dealing drugs - drug classification, fines and prison sentences
Find out about the different types of HMRC penalties and how you can help your clients avoid them.
Find out when your company may be charged a Corporation Tax penalty and how they are calculated.
When penalties are charged for late or incorrect Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (SDRT) notices, and how these penalties are worked out.
How to appeal against a parking ticket, bus lane fine or other penalty charge notice (PCN) - and what happens if you get a charge certificate or order of recovery
Find out about the penalties for enabling a defeated tax avoidance scheme, the time limits, and how to appeal a penalty notice.
A quarterly report listing the fines (civil penalties) for illegal working given to employers in the Midlands and East of England.
Statutory codes of practice to help employers prevent illegal working and understand the civil penalties they face when they employ illegal workers.
Understand and avoid all types of anti-competitive and cartel activity including price-fixing, collusion, bid-ridding and sharing markets. Know how to report concerns to the CMA.
A man from Coalville, Leicestershire has been found guilty of fishing illegally in Warwickshire in a case brought by the Environment Agency.
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