All Liabilities articles – Page 58
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Features
Data protection - do you comply?
Eduardo Ustaran discusses the setting up of an organisation-wide data protection compliance programme, and provides practical recommendations for businesses.
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Human rights and corporate risk
The Human Rights Act is now law. And it is not only public bodies that are affected writes Tony Cherry.
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Putting a price on life
Mike Hanley discusses the cost benefit problems of increasing the safety of the railways.
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Features
Managing your people risks
Family friendly policies create new risk issues. You should consider strategic HR and people risk management, says Mark Edelsten.
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Analysis
Protection for trustees
Following the implementation of the Trustee Act 2000 in February, Stuart Alexander Insurance and Risk Management, Fund Protection Ltd and AIG Europe have launched fund protection insurance to protect
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Features
No escape for corporate killers
Peter Campion, assisted by Asam Khan, discusses the implications of the proposed new UK offence of corporate killing.
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The polluter pays not always!
Richard Ford discusses the implications of the new regime on contaminated land.
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Analysis
NAPF backs report on company law reform
On 1 August, the UK National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) publicly backed the "considered and measured" approach of the company law steering group.
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AIRMIC Portfolio
Contractors take on unacceptable levels of risk
An AIRMIC survey shows that contractors have to take on an ever-widening range of risks in order to win business.
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Features
Effective environmental due diligence
Environmental risks present both practical and legal challenges, quite unlike other factors you have to consider in a merger or acquisition, say David Hockin, Tanya Lloyd Jones & William Butterworth.
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Analysis
Distance selling directive
Solicitors Paisner & Co warn that UK on-line retailers and others selling goods "at a distance" should ensure compliance with new EU rules to be implemented shortly.
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Analysis
Disability discrimination good practice
From 2004, service providers will have to make "reasonable adjustments" to the physical features of their premises to overcome access barriers.
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Features
Early intervention and rehabilitation
David Shillaker says getting injured employees back to work quickly can benefit your bottom line.
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Fighting off predators
The immediate reaction of most managements to a takeover approach is negative. Sue Copeman discusses strategies for fighting a hostile bid.
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Virtual hazards
IT can leave you exposed to unprotected and unexpected risks, warns Janet Edey.
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Health, safety and reputation
A recent survey shows that health and safety issues have a significant influence on corporate reputation. Neville Purvis believes companies should take a positive approach.
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How safe is your intellectual property?
Howard Cottrell says that misrepresentation of brand image will escalate with the internet explosion, but companies are taking surprisingly few precautions to protect themselves.
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Socially responsible investing
Hugh Ferrand describes recent developments in socially responsible investing and his own company's response to the challenge.
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Licensing in IPR
Simon Harper discusses the points to watch for when acquiring rights to use other people's intellectual property.
