Archive for January, 2010

Electronic filing and issue of Court documents

30 January 2010 | Tim Constable

HM Court Service is rolling out its electronic document filing system. It is already up and running in the Commercial Court, TCC and Chancery Division. Bankruptcy and Insolvency will go live in the Spring. The...

Tags on this discussion: Dispute Resolution High Court Litigation Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Government promises G-Cloud so public sector can share applications

29 January 2010 | Mark Weston

The Government has announced that it plans to create the ‘G-Cloud’ - a cloud of software applications for the public sector to use. The aim is to save £3 billion a year so that central government,...

Tags on this discussion: G-Cloud interoperability Software

Court of Appeal asks European Court of Justice to rule on lawfulness on seizing counterfeit goods coming through EU in transit only – Nokia v HMRC, Court of Appeal

28 January 2010 | Paul Gershlick

Nokia has persuaded the Court of Appeal to ask the European Court of Justice to answer questions surrounding the seizure of counterfeit goods which are passing through the EU in transit only. Under EU...

Tags on this discussion: counterfeit Court of Appeal European Court of Justice European Union infringement Intellectual property intellectual property rights seizure trade mark trade mark infringement

Staircasing – how to purchase further shares in your shared ownership property

28 January 2010 | Sarah Wilkins

Maybe you are considering buying a property or have already purchased a property on a shared ownership basis and want to understand a little more about what you can do in the future. Staircasing - what...

Tags on this discussion: buy a house lease Shared-ownership Staircasing

The Sky’s the limit – an IT case affecting any type of goods or services contract

27 January 2010 | Mark Weston

After 7 years in the legal arena, including 110 days in the courtroom, Sky has finally proved fraud against EDS. On 26 January 2010, the Technology and Construction Court in London ruled that EDS had...

Tags on this discussion: Computer contract contract law economic hardship exclusion of liability force majeure High Court IT liability Terms & conditions unprofitable contract

Economic downturn not a justification reason to invoke force majeure provisions – Tandrin Aviation v Aero Toy Store , High Court

27 January 2010 | Paul Gershlick

It is official: the economic downturn is not a justification under most force majeure clauses for getting out of an unprofitable contract. That was the ruling of the High Court in this case. Here, D had...

Tags on this discussion: contract contract law economic hardship force majeure High Court unprofitable contract

MyChoice HomeBuy – assisting first-time buyers with an equity loan to ‘top up’ the purchase price

27 January 2010 | Sarah Wilkins

MyChoice HomeBuy is a government financed homeownership scheme that enables buyers to get their foot on the housing ladder by choosing and buying a home of their own on the open market with the assistance...

Tags on this discussion: First-time buyers Homebuy Housing Associations Residential Developer Shared-ownership

Mortgage arrears handling

27 January 2010 | Karen Jacobs

The Financial Services Authority has published proposals to strengthen existing rules on arrears handling. The key arrears proposals: Make plain that firms must not add early repayment charges...

Tags on this discussion: banking banks FSA mortgages

Sky wins IT case worth hundreds of millions of pounds as liability clause not upheld because of fraudulent misrepresentation by EDS in sales process – Sky v EDS, High Court

27 January 2010 | Paul Gershlick

Sky has won a long-awaited landmark case against EDS that is bound to have massive implications - not just for all IT contracts, but also for any business that has sales-people that push the boundaries...

Tags on this discussion: contract contract law fraudulent misrepresentation IT law misrepresentation

Without prejudice – what does it mean?

27 January 2010 | Amanda Melton | 1 comment

When issues arise between parties that fall to be settled in or around courts and lawyers, correspondence often bears a "Without Prejudice" heading, but what does that mean? The short answer, given...

Tags on this discussion: admission evidence without prejudice

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Archive for January, 2010

Electronic filing and issue of Court documents

Government promises G-Cloud so public sector can share applications

Court of Appeal asks European Court of Justice to rule on lawfulness on seizing counterfeit goods coming through EU in transit only – Nokia v HMRC, Court of Appeal

Staircasing – how to purchase further shares in your shared ownership property

The Sky’s the limit – an IT case affecting any type of goods or services contract

Economic downturn not a justification reason to invoke force majeure provisions – Tandrin Aviation v Aero Toy Store , High Court

MyChoice HomeBuy – assisting first-time buyers with an equity loan to ‘top up’ the purchase price

Mortgage arrears handling

Sky wins IT case worth hundreds of millions of pounds as liability clause not upheld because of fraudulent misrepresentation by EDS in sales process – Sky v EDS, High Court

Without prejudice – what does it mean?

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