Food labelling regulation adopted
The European Commission has adopted a new Regulation for food labelling which will consolidate existing European Union law. Certain new requirements are set out in the Regulation, such as:
mandatory...
Archive for July, 2011
If you don’t like the heat, get out of the kitchen – Court of Appeal rules in favour of disclosure of private issues against ex-Gordon Ramsey employee after conducting public quarrel – Hutcheson v News Group Newspapers, Court of Appeal
Gordon Ramsey and an ex-employee, Christopher Hutcheson, had a public fight after the famous chef had dismissed him for misconduct. Hutcheson had used company funds for private purposes, but the parties...
Repackaged pharmaceutical products do not need to bear repackager’s name – Orifarm v Merck, European Court of Justice
Orifarm were parallel importers of Merck’s pharmaceutical products, importing products that had been legitimately put onto the market of another European Union Member State. Merck objected to the fact...
Refills allowed in ECJ trade mark ruling – Viking Gas v Kosan Gas, European Court of Justice
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has had to rule on a trade mark infringement case relating to bottles in which gas was supplied and refilled, following a referral from the Danish courts. The bottles...
Corporate Governance-Diversity D-Day
Today is the last day for submission of responses to the Financial Reporting Council's consultation paper on whether the UK Corporate Governance Code should be revised to require listed companies to ...
ICO urges health sector culture shift on data protection
The Information Commissioner’s Office – the regulator in charge of enforcing UK data protection laws. – has urged health sector organisations to better protect personal data. It claims that there...
Judge rules that side letter is only unenforceable agreement to agree – Barbudev v Eurocom Cable Management Bulgaria – High Court
The parties entered into a corporate agreement which involved one document having been executed first. To give one of the parties comfort, they entered into a side letter. When things went wrong, one of...
High Court protects party owed a contractual duty of good faith – Horn v Commercial Acceptances Ltd, High Court
Horn and CAL entered into a loan agreement. The loan arrangement envisaged that a property development would be financed with a first tier loan from CAL and a second tier loan from H. When the property...
ICO warns of £500,000 fine for single incident of spam or automated calls
The Information Commissioner’s Office – the regulator in charge of enforcing UK data protection laws. – has warned businesses that they could face fines of up to £500,000 for a single incident of...
Second report on pharma patents published by EC
In 2009, the European Commission (EC) published a report on the pharmaceuticals sector. It found that increasing numbers of patent settlement agreements were being concluded between originator and generic...
