Archive for May, 2011

Heathrow abused dominant parking position – Purple Parking Limited and Meteor Parking Limited v Heathrow Airport Limited, High Court

6 May 2011 | Simon Weinberg

Purple Parking (PP) and Meteor Parking (MP) brought a claim against Heathrow Airport (HA) alleging that HA had breached the Chapter II Prohibition of the Competition Act 1998 by limiting access to the...

Tags on this discussion: abuse abuse of dominance abuse of dominant position air travel anti-competition anti-competitive Chapter II Prohibition competition Competition Act 1998 competition regime dominant position High Court illegal infringement travel unauthorised unlawful

Digital Economy Act IP inquiry suspended

6 May 2011 | Mark Weston

Following the High Court's decision last week to reject an application by BT and TalkTalk to have the Digital Economy Act (DEA) judicially reviewed, the House of Commons Committee on Culture, Media and...

Tags on this discussion: copyright copyright infringement Culture Media and Sport DEA Digital Economy Act House of Commons illegal infringement Intellectual property intellectual property rights Internet IP IP protection judicial review Online online IP unauthorised unlawful web site web sites Website websites

The Agency Workers Regulations: the key questions employers should be considering

6 May 2011 | Michael Delaney | 1 comment

The Agency Workers Regulations will come into force on 1 October 2011. These Regulations will introduce some very important changes to the rights of agency workers. I have already hosted and taken...

Tags on this discussion: agency workers Agency Workers Regulations Agency Workers Regulations 2010 equal treatment hirers recruitment agencies Temporary workers

The Directive on credit agreements relating to residential property

5 May 2011 | Karen Jacobs Comments Off

The European Commission has published proposal for a directive on credit agreements relating to residential property. Please see link. http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/finservices-retail/docs/credit/mortgage/com_2011_142_en.pdf The...

Tags on this discussion: charge charges Directive European Commission mortgage Mortgage repossession mortgages Repossession

High Court rules that anonymised data is not exempt from publication even where category involved small number of people – Department of Health v Information Commission, High Court

5 May 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Department of Health has lost a battle to prevent the disclosure of statistics showing the numbers of annual abortions undertaken under the category of situations where two registered medical practitioners...

Tags on this discussion: data data controller data protection data protection act data protection directive Data Provider data security data subject disclose disclosure DPA exemption exemptions FOIA freedom of information freedom of information act Freedom of Information Act 2000 High Court ICO information Information Commissioner Information Commissioner's Office Information Tribunal request for information sensitive personal data

Cookie recipe finally decided on

5 May 2011 | Mark Weston

The Government has published its plans as to how European Union laws on electronic communications will be implemented in the UK. The EU Directives must be implemented by the Government by 25 May 2011....

Tags on this discussion: browser cookie cookies data data protection Directive e-communications e-privacy electronic communications EU EU Directive EU law Europe European Commission European Union guidance illegal infringement Internet new Directive Online privacy unauthorised unlawful web site web sites Website websites

OFT issues largest ever fine for abuse of dominance – to Reckitt Benckiser for de-listing out-of-patent Gaviscon product from NHS prescription channel before generic product appeared

5 May 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Office of Fair Trading has issued its largest fine for an abuse of a dominant position, contrary to the Chapter II Prohibition of the Competition Act and Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning...

Tags on this discussion: abuse of dominant position anti-competition anti-competitive anti-trust Article 102 Chapter II Prohibition Competition Act de-listing doctor doctors EC Treaty Intellectual property intellectual property rights IP NHS patent patented Patents pharmaceutical pharmacies pharmacy prescription TFEU Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

Does it do what it says on the tin? Only if the Euro MEPs say so.

4 May 2011 | Mark Archer | 2 comments

At a time when the UK coalition government is looking to cut bureaucracy and reduce the level of compliance costs on UK companies, the EU comes back and says "Non" - we are the supreme legislators and...

Tags on this discussion: Consumer Protection; Food Standards Agency; Manufacturer Liability; Food Contamination; Food Regulation; Product Liability' Consumer Litigation EU Europe European Commission Food Retail

Children’s privacy rights and protection against bullying key factor in order to prohibit details of love cheat story – ETK v News Group Newspapers, Court of Appeal

4 May 2011 | Mark Weston

The Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court ruling and issued a super-injunction against News Group Newspapers prohibiting its publication of details of an affair between two celebrities who were married...

Tags on this discussion: Court of Appeal European Convention for Human Rights European Convention on Human Rights free speech freedom of expression High Court human rights Human Rights Act injunction privacy right to privacy super injunction

Information Commissioner investigates Sony PlayStation data theft loss

3 May 2011 | Mark Weston

The Information Commissioner is investigating the circumstances surrounding the loss of millions of people’s personal data, after Sony admitted that its PlayStation Network had faced a hack attack by...

Tags on this discussion: computer misuse Computer Misuse Act data data controller data protection data protection directive Data Provider data security data subject data theft hacker hacking ICO illegal Information Commissioner Information Commissioner's Office Internet Internet use Internet user misuse of data Online online content online gaming personal data sensitive personal data serious serious breach unauthorised unlawful web web content web site web site content web sites Website website content websites

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Archive for May, 2011

Heathrow abused dominant parking position – Purple Parking Limited and Meteor Parking Limited v Heathrow Airport Limited, High Court

Digital Economy Act IP inquiry suspended

The Agency Workers Regulations: the key questions employers should be considering

The Directive on credit agreements relating to residential property

High Court rules that anonymised data is not exempt from publication even where category involved small number of people – Department of Health v Information Commission, High Court

Cookie recipe finally decided on

OFT issues largest ever fine for abuse of dominance – to Reckitt Benckiser for de-listing out-of-patent Gaviscon product from NHS prescription channel before generic product appeared

Does it do what it says on the tin? Only if the Euro MEPs say so.

Children’s privacy rights and protection against bullying key factor in order to prohibit details of love cheat story – ETK v News Group Newspapers, Court of Appeal

Information Commissioner investigates Sony PlayStation data theft loss

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