Out-Law News

Payments to funded unapproved retirement benefit schemes attract NI contributions as earnings, court says

Thu, 31 May 2012 17:00:00 +0100

Payments made by an employer for the benefit of an employee into a funded unapproved retirement benefit scheme (FURBS) are classed as 'earnings' on which the employer must pay national insurance contributions (NICs), the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Newcastle consults on draft CIL Charging Schedule

Thu, 31 May 2012 16:57:00 +0100

Newcastle City Council's cabinet has agreed to launch a consultation on its Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) preliminary draft Charging Schedule, which proposes two separate zones with differential rates for both residential and commercial development.

Planning guidance for Wales promotes pre-application discussions

Thu, 31 May 2012 16:56:00 +0100

The Welsh Government has published new planning guidance which is aimed at helping to reduce the amount of time it takes to deal with planning applications.

RICS policy sets out recommendations for Government

Thu, 31 May 2012 16:55:00 +0100

Developers should be required to provide a mix of properties available at affordable and market-rate rents through section 106 agreements, the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has said.

Government performs u-turn on charitable donation tax relief cap

Thu, 31 May 2012 15:50:00 +0100

The Government will not be introducing a cap on the tax relief available for donations to charities, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced today.

Europe to miss G20 deadline for mandatory derivatives clearing, according to press reports

Thu, 31 May 2012 14:42:00 +0100

The EU will not meet an international deadline to introduce mandatory clearing of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, according to press reports.

Consent not required for disclosure of fully anonymised personal data, ICO says

Thu, 31 May 2012 14:22:00 +0100

Organisations that properly anonymise personally identifying information do not have to comply with data protection laws in order to disclose the altered information, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said.

Patents will not be granted to inventions that result from human embryo destruction, IPO says

Thu, 31 May 2012 11:54:00 +0100

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) will automatically exclude inventions from patentability if a process from which an invention results includes the destruction of human embryos.

YouTube actions enough for it to avoid copyright liability, French court rules

Thu, 31 May 2012 10:19:00 +0100

Google is not responsible for filtering content uploaded to its video-sharing website YouTube, a French court has ruled.

Expert warns of uncertainty for researchers following European Parliament calls for curtailing of animal and plant breeding patents

Thu, 31 May 2012 10:16:00 +0100

Products should not be patentable if they stem from conventional breeding of, or conventional breeding methods for, animals and plants, the European Parliament has said.