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• Data Processing Law to be Strengthened

  • Posted13 June 2013

  Under proposals put to the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, data protection law looks set to be reformed such that the use of ‘pre-ticked’ boxes...

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• Accounting Error Leads to Damages for Buyers

  • Posted5 June 2013

  A case has been decided which arose because accounting errors were made by a company which was bought by another company. Some of the management of the company which was...

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• Price Info Swap Anti-Competitive

  • Posted21 May 2013

  The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) can take a very strong line when it discovers that price information is passing between competitors with the result that the competition between them...

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• Negligence Limited Where Contractual Requirements Met

  • Posted9 May 2013

  When a shipyard worker was injured in an accident, he received a £7 million settlement from his employer. The ultimate cause of the accident was a defect in the...

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• Should I Take On a Franchise?

  • Posted30 April 2013

  There are many potential benefits of buying a franchise, such as having access to well-established business and accounting systems, centralised marketing and a proven business model. Being part of a...

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• Owner Not the Same as Member, Rules Court

  • Posted19 April 2013

  Who can challenge a company’s decision that has been improperly made? This question was the subject of a court hearing recently, when the owners of the ‘ultimate economic interest’ in...

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