Regulatory
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You might run your business as a sole trader or a partnership, or the business might trade as a limited company or limited liability partnership. But why did you choose...
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The Ashtons Planning and Regulatory teams have successfully supported a client who had been prosecuted in 2023 by a local authority for failing to comply with a planning enforcement notice,...
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A defendant prosecuted for non-compliance with a planning enforcement notice, may secure an acquittal via the replication of lost appeal rights in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. A...
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A message to Directors, sole traders and business partners: don’t leave it to the Transport Managers! You have a job to do, too! Transport Managers and their teams have a...
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Many goods or passenger vehicle operators with operator’s licences stumble over “Periods of Grace”. Some lose their licences by not navigating them correctly. No licence may mean no business. So, what...
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The recent revocation of the operator’s licence of an Essex-based District Council demonstrates how failures to look after your goods vehicle operator’s licence can have far-reaching consequences. In this case,...
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If an Account Freezing Order (AFO) is made, but the frozen funds investigation ultimately yielded no results and no forfeiture was ordered, it may be possible for the aggrieved recipient...
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An Account Forfeiture Notice (AFN) or a Forfeiture Order, may (if appropriate) follow an Account Freezing Order (AFO). Please refer to ‘Part 1 – A short guide to Account Freezing...
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The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has issued an update, reminding drivers of what checks should be carried out inside and outside any vehicle. It is a well-established principle...
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Our Regulatory team provide a short guide to Account Freezing Orders. What is an Account Freezing Order? An Account Freezing Order (AFO) is a civil injunction order, the effect of...
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The Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has published its October 2023 version of its ‘Enforcement Sanctions Policy’ that sets out how DVSA examiners deal with most offences they encounter...
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The proposed new offence of failure to prevent fraud. Corporate failure to prevent fraud If an organisation does not prevent a person associated with their organisation from committing fraud, when...
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