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Automatic termination of indemnity upon insolvency event breaches anti-deprivation rule – Mayhew v King, High Court

11 June 2010 | Paul Gershlick

T agreed to indemnify M in a contract in relation to some particular litigation that may be brought against M. The agreement said that the indemnity would automatically end if M suffered any insolvency...

Tags on this discussion: administration anti-deprivation anti-deprivation principle anti-deprivation rule asset assignment breach creditors High Court indemnify indemnity Insolvency unenforceable

Software contract clause limiting warranty to operating documents that had not been provided was unreasonable – Kingsway Hall v Red Sky, High Court

14 May 2010 | Mark Weston

Red Sky supplied booking and billing software to a busy hotel, Kingsway Hall. ‘Entirety’ was a standard system, but Kingsway soon had trouble with it. The system failed to show room availability, group...

Tags on this discussion: breach breach of contract contract contract law contracts damages exclusion of liability fit for purpose IT limitation on liability loss of goodwill loss of profits reasonable reasonableness sale of goods sale of goods act satisfactory quality Software supply of goods and services act term termination Terms & conditions UCTA unenforceable unfair contract terms act warranty

Account of profits sometimes claimable as remedy for breach of confidentiality and sometimes not, depending on the nature of the duty – Vercoe v Rutland, High Court

25 March 2010 | Paul Gershlick

V&P had approached R about a possible acquisition of a company called H&T. V&P and R had entered into a confidentiality agreement about this. In breach of that agreement, R bought H&T without...

Tags on this discussion: account of profits breach breach of contract confidential information confidentiality contract contract law contracts damages fiduciary duty Intellectual property intellectual property rights Mergers and acquisitions tort

(ISC)² warns new big fines are finally bringing data security to boards’ attentions

19 February 2010 | Mark Weston

Imminent fines are bringing data security issues to boards’ attentions. Those are the comments of John Colley, EMEA managing director of (ISC)². (ISC)² is a not-for-profit organisation that educates...

Tags on this discussion: breach data data protection data protection act data security fine ICO Information Commissioner's Office misuse of data personal data security breaches

No prize for second place as Formula One sponsor loses US$4m contract battle due to acquiescing in breach – Force India v Etihad, High Court…

4 December 2009 | Paul Gershlick

Etihad Airways – the Abu Dhabi airline - was a sponsor of the Force India Formula One racing team when the team had been called Stryker. The team had a further investor which owned the Kingfisher beer...

Tags on this discussion: acquiescence breach contract law contracts waiver

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Latest news and views tagged breach

Automatic termination of indemnity upon insolvency event breaches anti-deprivation rule – Mayhew v King, High Court

Software contract clause limiting warranty to operating documents that had not been provided was unreasonable – Kingsway Hall v Red Sky, High Court

Account of profits sometimes claimable as remedy for breach of confidentiality and sometimes not, depending on the nature of the duty – Vercoe v Rutland, High Court

(ISC)² warns new big fines are finally bringing data security to boards’ attentions

No prize for second place as Formula One sponsor loses US$4m contract battle due to acquiescing in breach – Force India v Etihad, High Court…

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