23 July 2010 | Paul Gershlick
The Information Commissioner’s Office – the UK’s information regulator – is set to get tough with public bodies that fail to comply with the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The Act gives people...
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23 July 2010 | Paul Gershlick
The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint that ASDA’s advert was misleading because it was highlighting the benefits to consumers of its 100 day guarantee. It was misleading because...
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23 July 2010 | Paul Gershlick
About 30 public sector staff have been sacked in the last year for inappropriately snooping on personal data that had come from the Department for Work and Pensions’ Customer Information System. The...
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23 July 2010 | Paul Gershlick
Keith Chegwin has been accused of stealing another comedian’s gags – a charge he strenuously denies. But are jokes copyrightable? In theory, yes. But copyright only protects the expression of an idea....
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23 July 2010 | Paul Gershlick
This case involved a defamatory report containing allegations about Flood, a policeman. At the time of the story being published, The Times Newspapers argued that it had a defence called ‘Reynolds privilege’...
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23 July 2010 | Paul Gershlick
Stelios Haji-Ioannou – the founder of easyJet - has told the airline that it must improve its performance if it wants to continue using the ‘easy’ name. Although he was the founder, his family are...
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23 July 2010 | Paul Gershlick
The Office of Fair Trading is on a drive to increase the education of consumers shopping online, so that they are more aware of their rights and what to do if things go wrong. The OFT is also keen to ensure...
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23 July 2010 | Paul Gershlick
Wayne Rooney had assigned his image rights to S, to act on his behalf with negotiating sponsorship deals. P agreed with S whereby P would act on behalf of S for exploiting some those rights. The agreement...
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