The Consumer Rights Act comes fully into effect today (1 October 2015). The legislation introduces new consumer rights a...
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Whether you are an SME that often finds yourself having to accept your suppliers’ standard terms in order to close the d...
Contracts, and the laws that govern them, are fundamental to the operation of businesses and are required whenever a bus...
In this, the fifth of a series of articles which looks at some of the most common perils of contracts and how to avoid t...
The legislative approach to consumer protection in the UK is widely acknowledged as being disjointed and ambiguous, resu...
Design rights are territorial. Within the EU, a UK designer may seek to register their design in the UK or across the EU...
Copyright does not protect ideas. Copyright only exists if the idea is fixed, such as in writing or in a photograph. It ...
A patent is a published document which describes an invention and provides the inventor with a monopoly right to exploit...
Intellectual property is a valuable asset for any business from start-ups through to large corporations.
A force majeure clause is designed to excuse one party (or both) from performing affected obligations in a contract foll...
The courts accept that electronic communication is a vital part of modern day business. Recent decisions recognising bin...
Understanding who you are contracting with may seem simple. However, particularly in the case where you are contracting ...
Parties to a contract should always look to ensure that a contract is certain. If a contract is incomplete then it may w...
Most commercial contracts will contain provisions governing termination. Such provisions will often be dependent on cert...
International supply chain contracts have the added risk of exchange rate fluctuations.
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (the “ICO”) has fined Sony £250,000 following a breach of security of its PlayS...
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