The Home Office has announced that, Trevor Saker, who smuggled migrant children as young as one into the UK in his van, has been sentenced at Canterbury Crown Court. Saker was found guilty of assisting the unlawful immigration of 14 people, and was sentenced to four years' imprisonment. The migrants were identified as Iraqi and Albanian nationals, after Border Force officers stopped Saker's rental van at Coquelles, France, in July 2018. Saker was caught following an investigation by the Home Office’s Criminal and Financial Investigations Unit.

Law360: The UK pensions industry has thrown its support behind a sweeping review designed to plug a growing advice gap among workers approaching retirement.

When negotiating, drafting and performing ‘endeavours’ obligations, parties should take note of the findings of the Court of Appeal in Jet2.com Limited v Blackpool Airport Limited [2012] All ER (D) 24 (Apr) and the potential risks of agreeing to vague but broad obligations. Whilst such a clause may seem innocuous, Jet2 demonstrates that it can result in unintended consequences.

Law360: The pension sector is set for a period of relative stability as the three main political parties this week unveiled manifestos that revealed more consensus than disagreement.

A descriptive term for high bandwidth services or connections. Broadband is commonly considered to be Internet access with a minimum capacity of greater or equal to 256 kbit/s in one or both directions. Fixed broadband is implemented through technologies such as digital subscriber line (DSL), cable modem, fibre to the home (FTTH), metro Ethernet, wireless local area networks (WLAN), etc. Mobile broadband is implemented through technologies such as wideband CDMA, HSDPA, CDMA 1xEV-DO, etc.

A wireline technology that is able to use the current electricity networks for data and voice transmission.

Ofcom has announced that, from 16 September 2024, broadband providers are required to clearly indicate to customers, before they agree to purchase a broadband service, whether the broadband technology used is a new ‘full-fibre’ network. This comes as a result of the term ‘fibre’ being previously used inconsistently, causing confusion among customers. Providers are now to give a short description, using unambiguous terms, of the network technology they use, such as ‘full-fibre’, ‘cable’, ‘copper’ or ‘part-fibre’. Providers are also required to give a more detailed explanation of the technology they use in an accessible and user-friendly format.

Broadband that encompasses either mobile or fixed access technologies that provide connections at speeds higher than the primary rate (for example, 2 Mbit/s).

A broadcast is a copyright work which is electronic transmission of visual images, sounds or other information which is transmitted for simultaneous reception by members of the public and is capable of being lawfully received by them or is transmitted at a time determined solely by the person making the presentation to members of the public.

TMT analysis: Salman Iqbal brought defamation proceedings against Geo TV Ltd over its broadcast (in England) of allegations made about him (the Broadcast) during a political rally in Pakistan (the Rally). Before filing a Defence, Geo TV asserted that it would rely on a defence of qualified privilege under section 15 of the Defamation Act 1996 (DeA 1996) on the basis that the broadcast was a fair and accurate report of a public meeting. It argued that Mr Iqbal had no realistic prospect of defeating its defence, and sought summary judgment on this basis (the Application). The court refused the Application, holding that two of the requirements of the defence under DeA 1996, s 15 were not suitable for summary judgment in this case. Written by Maya Mills, associate and Henry Fox, associate director at Osborne Clarke LLP.

Ofcom’s statutorily-obligated set of standards for the content of programmes transmitted over radio or television.

CASE HUB NOTE—appeal lodged before the General Court in Case T- 876/19 in relation to the imposition of interim measures ARCHIVED–this archived case hub reflects the position at the date of the decision to accept commitments on 7 October 2020; it is no longer maintained. See further, timeline commentary and related cases. Case facts Outline European Commission Article 102 TFEU investigation into Broadcom Inc looking at alleged exclusionary practices in relation to the supply of systems-on-a-chip for TV set-top boxes and modems (Case AT.39711). Latest development On 7 October 2020, the Commission announced that it had accepted commitments from Broadcom, and the investigation has therefore been closed. Under the commitments accepted, Broadcom will: • in the EEA, not require or induce by means of price or non-price advantages an OEM to obtain any minimum percentage of its EEA requirements for Systems-on-a-Chip (SoCs) for TV set-top boxes, xDSL modems and fibre modems from Broadcom • in the EEA, not condition the supply of, or the granting of advantages for, SoCs for TV set-top boxes, xDSL modems and fibre modems