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• Disclosure of Anonymised Data Does Not Require Consent

  • Posted7 January 2013

  The Data Protection Act 1998 is designed to protect the security of personal information, which is information that it is ‘reasonably likely’ could be used to identify individuals when matched...

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• Undeliverable Goods Claim Succeeds Despite Insurer’s Arguments

  • Posted20 December 2012

  When the owners of a Moroccan factory disappeared, leaving their workers unpaid, production ground to a halt. This left a UK-based customer facing a business emergency. The company got...

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• Company Collapse – HBOS Must Share Blame

  • Posted6 December 2012

  The collapse of Farepak in 2006 received widespread press coverage, with thousands of families facing the loss of their ‘Christmas Club’ savings. In all, more than 100,000 investors lost a...

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• How Much Better Are Best Endeavours Than Reasonable Endeavours?

  • Posted22 November 2012

  Clauses requiring a party to a contract to use ‘reasonable endeavours’ or ‘best endeavours’ in its performance are common, and while ‘best’ clearly implies something beyond ‘reasonable’, the lack of...

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• Directors’ Remuneration – Announcement

  • Posted5 November 2012

  The Government has published its draft rules on directors’ remuneration, which are scheduled to take effect from October 2013. The new rules will apply to companies listed on the...

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• Accountants Owed No Duty to Creditors After Corporate Collapse

  • Posted24 October 2012

  An accountancy firm, one of whose corporate clients was dissolved last year, did not owe a duty of care to an indirect investor who was left nursing losses of more...

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