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Employee claims constructive dismissal after resigning following his uploading of CV onto LinkedIn

6 January 2012 | Paul Gershlick

An employee of BG Group has claimed constructive dismissal after resigning following a row over his uploading of his CV onto LinkedIn, the business social networking website. The human resources professional...

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Estate agent’s failure to explain “sole agency” term meant it did not get commission for sale introduced by another agent – Great Estates Group v Digby, Court of Appeal

25 November 2011 | Paul Gershlick

GEG was appointed by Digby as its “sole agent” for the sale of Digby’s property: During the sole agency period, Digby received an introduction for a purchaser through another agent, and Digby sold...

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ECJ says ban on Internet sales took selective distribution system outside of block exemption protection in EU competition law – Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmetique v French Competition Board, European Court of Justice

18 October 2011 | Simon Weinberg

PFDC makes and markets cosmetics and personal care products under certain brands. It requires sales to be made in a physical space in the presence of a qualified pharmacist. The French Competition Board...

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Jumping the gun and terminating for late performance before the contractual procedure allows leads to wrongdoer becoming the victim – Gesner v Bombardier, Court of Appeal

12 October 2011 | Simon Weinberg

Gesner contracted to buy an aeroplane from Bombardier. The contract provided that Gesner could invoke the termination clause if there was a 90 day period of non-excusable delay in delivery. The plane was...

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Lack of specific consent amounted to game changer in targeted football fans sponsorship contract – Playup Interactive Entertainment v Givemefootball, High Court

13 September 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Givemefootball hosted the Professional Footballers’ Association’s website and ran the PFA Fans Awards, whereby football fans vote for their favourite players. Playup ran an interactive gaming business...

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WikiLeaks discovers confidentiality is important and sues Guardian for alleged breach

5 September 2011 | Simon Weinberg | 1 comment

WikiLeaks is suing The Guardian for an alleged breach of confidentiality. The website that came to the fore when it published secrets discovered from the US government, is now calling a practice that blows...

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Sky may have reached the limit as Competition Commission provisionally rules satellite giant restricting film choice through exclusivity deals

29 August 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Sky is too controlling of the pay-TV film rights in the UK and this is restricting competition, contrary to UK competition law, according to a provisional ruling from the Competition Commission. The Commission...

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Publisher entitled not to publish book due to privacy concerns – Amanda Smith v Headline Publishing, High Court

28 August 2011 | Mark Weston

Under a contract for publication of memoirs, Amanda Smith gave a warranty that her work did not contain anything libellous or otherwise unlawful. She was paid in advance for the work. However, prior to...

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OFT fines supermarkets and dairy processors £50m for exchanging sensitive price data

22 August 2011 | Mark Weston

The Office of Fair Trading has imposed fines totalling £50m on Asda, Safeway, Sainsbury’s and Tesco together with five dairy processors after the supermarkets had indirectly exchanged retail pricing...

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High Court protects party owed a contractual duty of good faith – Horn v Commercial Acceptances Ltd, High Court

29 July 2011 | Paul Gershlick

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...

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Latest news and views tagged breach

Employee claims constructive dismissal after resigning following his uploading of CV onto LinkedIn

Estate agent’s failure to explain “sole agency” term meant it did not get commission for sale introduced by another agent – Great Estates Group v Digby, Court of Appeal

ECJ says ban on Internet sales took selective distribution system outside of block exemption protection in EU competition law – Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmetique v French Competition Board, European Court of Justice

Jumping the gun and terminating for late performance before the contractual procedure allows leads to wrongdoer becoming the victim – Gesner v Bombardier, Court of Appeal

Lack of specific consent amounted to game changer in targeted football fans sponsorship contract – Playup Interactive Entertainment v Givemefootball, High Court

WikiLeaks discovers confidentiality is important and sues Guardian for alleged breach

Sky may have reached the limit as Competition Commission provisionally rules satellite giant restricting film choice through exclusivity deals

Publisher entitled not to publish book due to privacy concerns – Amanda Smith v Headline Publishing, High Court

OFT fines supermarkets and dairy processors £50m for exchanging sensitive price data

High Court protects party owed a contractual duty of good faith – Horn v Commercial Acceptances Ltd, High Court

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