Archive for March, 2011

Contempt of court action relating to confidential information misuse against ex-employee and his new business partner not made out – Pintorex v Keyvanfar, High Court

31 March 2011 | Paul Gershlick

P had employed an employee as head of sales in its business. The employee left P’s employment and went to work with K. P claimed that he had left with P’s confidential information such as customer...

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Sale of Goods Act and implied terms did not apply to software supply contract – Southwark LBC v IBM, High Court

31 March 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The parties contracted for IBM to provide its own software, third party software (Orchard’s) which Southwark LBC had asked IBM to provide, and associated services. The framework agreement part of the...

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Immunity of an Expert Witnesses – the end of the road? Part II

31 March 2011 | Justine Ash

I refer to my previous blog on this hot topic dated 14 January 2011 entitled Expert Witness Immunity – the end of the road?. In my blog, I explained how the recent case of Paul Wynne Jones v Sue Kaney...

Tags on this discussion: Expert Witness Immunity; Immunity from Suit; Wynne Jones v Kaney; Supreme Court Judment Expert Witness Immunity

New XXX Internet addresses set up for porn industry, despite widespread opposition

31 March 2011 | Mark Weston

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has agreed to create a new top-level domain for the pornography industry. From June, the new domain names ending in “.xxx” will be on...

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Bribery Act – will come into force 1 July

31 March 2011 | Steven Mills Comments Off

The Bribery Act will now come into force on 1 July. The Government has published guidance which softens some of the previous criticisms which had been levelled at the Act. The Act creates a new offence...

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Be afraid. Very afraid. (of the Taxman)

31 March 2011 | James Odds

Sorry the for the drama, but this is the message that HMRC are trying to give us when they announce the new penalty regime this week. Most people leave thinking about their tax returns until some...

Most interesting Stamp Duty news

28 March 2011 | Shimon Shaw | 2 comments

I was going to call this simply "Stamp Duty news". But that's not the most exciting topic ever. Unless you are buying a house. Or unless you are me. So on to the news: 1. ...

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Time for a pay rise…..?

28 March 2011 | Shimon Shaw

One of the skills that a Chancellor needs is sleight of hand. One of the skills needed by Budget commentators and observers is cynicism. For example, as is fairly well known by now, there was a...

Tags on this discussion: budget 2011 HMRC tax Tax Planning Taxation

“App Store” v “Appstore” – Apple sues Amazon in US

25 March 2011 | Mark Weston

Apple has filed proceedings against Amazon in the federal court for the Northern District of California in the US for choosing to call its marketplace for mobile applications the “Amazon Appstore”....

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Some important employment law decisions to look out for in 2011

25 March 2011 | Michael Delaney

There are a number of important decisions awaited by employment lawyers, which are due for hearing in the Supreme Court during the next few months. 1. TUPE On 13 April 2011, the Supreme Court will...

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Archive for March, 2011

Contempt of court action relating to confidential information misuse against ex-employee and his new business partner not made out – Pintorex v Keyvanfar, High Court

Sale of Goods Act and implied terms did not apply to software supply contract – Southwark LBC v IBM, High Court

Immunity of an Expert Witnesses – the end of the road? Part II

New XXX Internet addresses set up for porn industry, despite widespread opposition

Bribery Act – will come into force 1 July

Be afraid. Very afraid. (of the Taxman)

Most interesting Stamp Duty news

Time for a pay rise…..?

“App Store” v “Appstore” – Apple sues Amazon in US

Some important employment law decisions to look out for in 2011

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