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PRACTICE NOTES
Assimilated Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers (the Assimilated FIC) sets out the overarching principles, requirements and responsibilities for food information, and in particular food labelling, in the UK. The Food Information Regulations 2014 (FIR 2014), SI 2014/1855, provide the national enforcement framework for England. For details of the obligations placed on food business operators under these rules, see Practice Note: Food information and food labelling law.
Offences under the Food Information Regulations
Under FIR 2014, SI 2014/1855, reg 10, a failure to comply with specified provisions of the Assimilated FIC and FIR 2014 amounts to an offence. No mens rea is set out for this offence, making it one of strict liability. The reg 10 offence sits alongside the powers of food authorities to enforce FIR 2014, SI
Corporate Crime
PRECEDENTS
In the High Court of Justice [ [ SPECIFY DIVISION ] ] [ [ INSERT LOCATION ] DISTRICT REGISTRY ]
Claim No: [ insert number ]
Between:
C (Widow and executrix of the Estate of [ name of deceased ] (deceased)) – Claimant
and
D LTD – Defendant
Defence
Unless stated otherwise, the paragraph numbers used in this Defence correspond to the paragraph numbers in the Particulars of Claim dated [ insert date ].
Paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Particulars of Claim are admitted, subject to inspection of the grant of probate.
In relation to paragraph 3 of the Particulars of Claim, the Claimant is required to prove both the identity of the deceased’s employer and the length of the alleged employment with the Defendant; save that the Defendant admits that the HMRC employment schedule records the Defendant as the deceased’s employer from 1961 to 1967. Otherwise, the Defendant holds no
PI & Clinical Negligence
PRECEDENTS
Claim Number: [ insert number ]
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE KING'S BENCH DIVISION
Claim for Fatal Mesothelioma
BETWEEN: [ name of Claimant ] Claimant (acting as Personal Representative of the estate of [ insert name ], Deceased) -and- B COMPANY LTD Defendant
PARTICULARS OF CLAIM
The claimant
The claimant is the widow of [ name ] and serves as the personal representative of that estate (‘the deceased’).
The claimant issues this claim for the estate under the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1934, and for herself, as the deceased’s dependant widow, under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976...
PI & Clinical Negligence
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