Commercial Contracts | Matthew Arnold & Baldwin LLP | Giving you a lot more than just law...

Latest news and views tagged commercial contracts

RSS

Guidance on test for repudiatory breach – Eminence Property Developments Limited v Heaney, Court of Appeal

8 November 2010 | Mark Weston

The Court of Appeal has given a clear statement of guidance on the test for repudiatory breach, following years of differing legal cases in relation to this issue. Eminence Property Investments Limited...

Tags on this discussion: agreement breach breach of contract commercial agreement commercial agreements Commercial contract commercial contracts contract contract law contracts Court of Appeal High Court illegal repudiation repudiatory breach rescind rescission test for repudiatory breach unlawful

Liquidated damages does not always need to be genuine pre-estimate of loss to be enforceable – Azimut-Benetti v Healey, High Court

8 November 2010 | Mark Weston

Liquidated damages are clauses in contracts that provide for a pre-agreed value to be paid in the event of a breach of contract by one of the parties. Commonly, they are used when there is a delay to performance....

Tags on this discussion: agreement breach breach of contract commercial commercial agreement commercial agreements Commercial contract commercial contracts commercial law commercial purpose contract contracts delay freedom of contract guarantee High Court invalid late liquidated damages penalty penalty clause pre-estimate summary judgment terminate termination unenforceable void

Software reseller’s failure to provide accurate information entitled licensor to terminate – Softlanding Systems v KDP, Court of Appeal

5 November 2010 | Mark Weston

KDP licensed S to act as a reseller for KDP’s software. The agreement required S to pay royalties and provide reports and certain information to KDP, including who the end users were, the contracts with...

Tags on this discussion: agreement breach of contract commercial agreement commercial agreements Commercial contract commercial contracts contract contract law contracts Court of Appeal High Court IT IT agreement IT contract reseller royalty Software terminate termination

FTSE-350 struggling to appreciate software escrow

4 November 2010 | Simon Weinberg

Nearly half of FTSE-350 companies do not have software escrow agreements in place with their software supplier. That is according to a report produced by the NCC Group, the leading provider of software...

Tags on this discussion: agreement breach breach of contract business commercial agreements Commercial contract commercial contracts company contract contracts escrow escrow agreement FTSE IT agreement IT contract protection Software software licence source code source code deposit agreement support and maintenance

Court of Appeal sets out guidance for how long to wait when terminating a contract for other party’s repudiatory breach – Force India v Etihad, Court of Appeal

21 October 2010 | 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: affirm affirmation breach commercial commercial agreement commercial agreements Commercial contract commercial contracts commercial law Court of Appeal damages delay fundamental breach High Court misleading repudiation repudiatory breach sponsorship termination waiver

Information Commissioner’s Office approves NHS Trust’s wide application of duty of confidentiality exemption to freedom of information laws

14 October 2010 | Mark Weston

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, people anywhere in the world have the right to see information held by more than 100,000 UK public bodies about the way in which decisions are made and public...

Tags on this discussion: commercial commercial agreement Commercial contract commercial contracts commercial law confidential confidential information confidentiality exemption FOIA freedom of information freedom of information act ICO Information Commissioner Information Commissioner's Office

Equality Act comes into force for service providers

14 October 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The Equality Act 2010 has come into force with effect from 1 October. What that means for anyone providing a service (or goods or facilities) to the public or a section of the public (whether for payment...

Tags on this discussion: commercial commercial agreement Commercial contract commercial contracts commercial law disability disability discrimination discrimination Equality Act service provider services sex discrimination

Formula One team breached contract for failing to allow driver to test drive racing car for 6,000km – Van der Garde v Force India Formula One Team, High Court

12 October 2010 | Paul Gershlick

Van der Garde was a racing driver. Under an agreement, he had paid Force India US$3m to test drive their car in the 2007 Grand Prix season for a minimum of 6,000 kilometres. Subject to holding a valid...

Tags on this discussion: breach breach of contract commercial commercial agreement Commercial contract commercial contracts commercial law compensation damages High Court Sport

Better late…

12 October 2010 | Mark Weston

Customers would have just 30 days to pay invoices under a new draft Directive proposed by the European Parliament. The law, called the ‘Late Payment Directive’, would limit payment periods for invoices...

Tags on this discussion: breach breach of contract commercial commercial agreement Commercial contract commercial contracts commercial debts commercial law Debt recovery Directive EU EU law Europe European Parliament European Union late payment Late Payment of commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998; Late Payments Directive new Directive public authority

Top Gear not quick enough as BBC unable to get injunction to prevent identity of The Stig being revealed – BBC v HarperCollins, High Court

12 October 2010 | Mark Weston

The BBC car show, Top Gear, has achieved a certain cult status amongst its regular viewers. Included within that is a character called The Stig, who was an anonymous character dressed in a white suit given...

Tags on this discussion: breach breach of contract commercial commercial agreement Commercial contract commercial contracts commercial law confidential confidential information confidentiality damages High Court injunction Intellectual property intellectual property rights IP unauthorised

Page 11 of 12« First...«8 9 101112 »

Latest news and views tagged commercial contracts

Guidance on test for repudiatory breach – Eminence Property Developments Limited v Heaney, Court of Appeal

Liquidated damages does not always need to be genuine pre-estimate of loss to be enforceable – Azimut-Benetti v Healey, High Court

Software reseller’s failure to provide accurate information entitled licensor to terminate – Softlanding Systems v KDP, Court of Appeal

FTSE-350 struggling to appreciate software escrow

Court of Appeal sets out guidance for how long to wait when terminating a contract for other party’s repudiatory breach – Force India v Etihad, Court of Appeal

Information Commissioner’s Office approves NHS Trust’s wide application of duty of confidentiality exemption to freedom of information laws

Equality Act comes into force for service providers

Formula One team breached contract for failing to allow driver to test drive racing car for 6,000km – Van der Garde v Force India Formula One Team, High Court

Better late…

Top Gear not quick enough as BBC unable to get injunction to prevent identity of The Stig being revealed – BBC v HarperCollins, High Court

Contact us

View latest Upload

Subscribe to Upload

Employer Helpline

News