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• Same Functionality Does Not Mean Software Copyright Breach

  • Posted7 October 2014

  Just because a new software product produces the same results, operates in a similar fashion or looks similar to pre-existing software does not mean that the copyright in the original...

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• Nuisance Law Clarified By Concrete Spill Case

  • Posted3 October 2014

  In a test case that entailed a lengthy analysis of the law of nuisance, a water company whose sewer was blocked by concrete in a freak accident has failed to...

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• Employment Law Changes – October 2014

  • Posted1 October 2014

  From 1 October 2014, the following changes to employment law were implemented: Time Off to Accompany a Pregnant Woman to Ante-Natal Appointments An expectant father or the partner (including...

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• Mediation Not Always a Panacea

  • Posted1 October 2014

  In a case which revealed that alternative dispute resolution is not always a panacea, the Court of Appeal has lamented the ‘melancholy fact’ that the parties to an apparently commonplace...

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• Guidance on Service of Employment Proceedings on Foreign States

  • Posted29 September 2014

  In the unusual case of Embassy of Brazil v De Castro Cerqueira, which raised novel issues relating to the service of employment proceedings on foreign sovereign states, a worker who...

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• HMRC Can Require Disclosure at Request of Foreign Tax Authorities

  • Posted26 September 2014

  When the Australian Tax Office (ATO) made a request to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) for information about a number of UK companies, HMRC was happy to comply with the...

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