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In a case with potentially wide implications for businesses whose activities depend on licensing agreements, a company that faced destruction of its Internet-based business, due to the termination of the...
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A recent Court of Appeal case has reaffirmed the principle that the English courts will uphold a clause that allows commercial restitution, but not one that constitutes a penalty. ...
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A company that had been party to an international price fixing cartel and was fined by the EU Competition Commission for its breach of competition law was subsequently sued by...
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Company directors should know that as well as their duties to shareholders, they also have a duty under both common and statute law to protect the interests of creditors. When...
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In a bitter example of how an innocent party can be left to carry the financial can following a corporate failure, the owner of a hotel who paid £110,000 for...
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The use of certain names for companies etc. has been restricted for a very long time – the restrictions on ‘sensitive’ names being intended to reduce the likelihood that a...
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