Relying on worked examples in commercial agreements
In only the second decision on this type of issue, the High Court has ruled that sums due under a contract should be calculated as per...
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William Kanaan
Jul 24, 2020
"Consultant" deemed to be employee
In a case that highlights the dangers of employers entering into consultancy agreements believing that this protects them from...
William Kanaan
Jul 24, 2020
Redacting documents where court is asked to construe their meaning or effect
The Court of Appeal has considered whether a party may redact parts of a document which the court is asked to construe solely on the...
William Kanaan
Jul 22, 2020
Verbal Agreements – to be avoided….
Verbal agreements require the same criteria to be met as written agreements, namely: - There must be an offer (for example, X offers to...
William Kanaan
Jul 14, 2020
English liquidators’ power to compel documents from EU-based companies
The High Court looked at the issue of whether English insolvency officeholders could use their powers under domestic insolvency laws to...
William Kanaan
Jul 10, 2020
Compensation for distress caused by breach of the DPA 1998
The High Court has awarded compensation to two claimants for stress arising from a beach of Principle 4 of the Data Protection Act 1998...
William Kanaan
Jul 8, 2020
Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020
The Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 came into force on 6 July 2020. The Act allows the UK government to put in place...
William Kanaan
Jul 3, 2020
Interpretation of "mandatory provision of law" in facility agreement
The Court of Appeal was asked to interpret the expression "in order to comply with any mandatory provision of law" contained in a...
William Kanaan
Jul 3, 2020
Duty to inform consumers about ADR entities in website terms and conditions
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) delivered a judgment clarifying the duty on traders to inform consumers in their website terms and...
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