The Language of Compliance and Ethics

The Language of Compliance and Ethics    Tracey Calvert Oakalls Consultancy Limited tcalvert@oakallsconsultancy.co.uk www.oakallsconsultancy.co.uk 17 August 2017 I am learning to sail. It’s complicated and – if I’m being honest – a little bit of a mystery. There is unfamiliar language; ropes are described as sheets (sometimes), sails have unusual names like genoa, and there is a constant need to trim and reef. It requires teamwork; the yacht needs a competent crew who must pull together (sometimes literally) and understand the part they play in keeping the boat afloat. Knowing that the boat can tilt at peculiar angles witho...

Speaker's Corner - Keith Markham on GDPR

GDPR – where are we now and where are we going?   The General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) and the Data Protection Act 2018 came into force on the 25th May 2018. Despite the long lead in time, a considerable amount of confusion still remains about what firms need to do to ensure on-going compliance with the new rules.   So what are the key challenges that firms face?   First, they need to comply with the new accountability principle. In practice this means more user-friendly information for clients about what is being done with their personal data.   Secondly, they need to think about what the basis for their processing of personal data...

Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance delighted to be chosen as the President's Charity

Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance delighted to be chosen as the President's Charity     Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance was formed in March 2000. Since then we have flown over 12,000 missions.  With no direct Government or National Lottery funding, we rely on the generosity of the public for support.   Our operational costs are over £2 million a year and the approximate cost per mission is £2,500. It is inevitable that these costs will rise significantly in the coming year as our clinical team has almost doubled in size due to an increase in our operating hours, our new aircraft is bigger and uses more fuel per hour and we have in...

Court of Protection - Costs, Estimates and Top Tips by Sponsor bSquared

Court of Protection - Costs, Estimates and Top Tips by Sponsor bSquared   Costs estimates are nothing new in civil legal matters, although with the implementation of costs budgeting back in April 2013, they have become somewhat of a rarity in litigation claims.   This is not the case within Court of Protection matters, where practitioners are now expected to inform the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) with their estimated fees for the forthcoming general management year. Introduced in Spring 2016, the OPG105 provides the OPG with details of practitioners' costs for the previous year and the estimated costs for the forthcoming deputysh...

Microsoft Windows 7 End of Life by sponsor Alchemy

Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Server 2008R2 and SBS 2011 are some of the most successful operating systems developed by Microsoft and are still in use in many businesses today throughout the world.   The problem is that it will be the end for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008R2 and SBS 20011 in January 2020, which means that Microsoft will put an end to security updates, bug fixes, and support for all these operating systems.       Although theoretically there is nothing preventing your businesses from utilising these retired operating systems even after their End of Life (EOL) in January 2020, you need to be aware that using an outdated operating system...

District Judges' Corner - the Briggs Report

District Judges' Corner - the Briggs Report District Judge John Collins reviews the recommendations of the Briggs Report.   The Final Report of the Civil Courts Structure review (the Briggs Report) was published on 27 July 2016. It was commissioned by the Lord Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in July 2015 to coincide with a programme of reform of the courts by HMCTS which was looking at court structures and judicial processes more generally.   The report is the product of a series of meetings and consideration of written submissions from stakeholders, practitioners and users. The judiciary was also widely consulted and contributed to both the int...