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• Data Protection Fees

  • Posted4 June 2019

  On 25 May 2018, the Data Protection Act 2018 came into force, incorporating the EU General Data Protection Regulation, ushering in a new era of personal data regulation in the...

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• Debtors’ Rights – High Court Takes to Task Bailiffs Who Overstepped the Mark

  • Posted15 May 2019

  Judgments for debt would hardly be worth having if there were no bailiffs to enforce them. However, as a High Court ruling made clear, they have to abide by stringent...

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• Exchanging Secret Information? Always Get a Non-Disclosure Agreement!

  • Posted29 April 2019

  Businesses that deal or hope to deal with one another often have to put security concerns to one side and share their confidential information. As a High Court case underlined,...

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• Company or Unincorporated Firm? The Distinction Can Be Vitally Important!

  • Posted12 April 2019

  A limited company has a legal personality all of its own, but an unincorporated firm does not. As a High Court ruling in respect of a domestic building dispute showed,...

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• Doing an Important Business Deal? Make Sure You Get it in Writing!

  • Posted2 April 2019

  The existence of oral agreements is easily asserted but very hard to prove, and that is one good reason why important deals should be in writing and professionally drafted with...

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• Licence Revocation Threat Averted by Prompt Action

  • Posted15 March 2019

  Government regulatory decisions can have an instant and catastrophic impact on businesses, but prompt legal action can ensure that such damage is not unfairly inflicted. The point was made in...

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