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Arguments of being innocent host in copyright infringement case sent to bin – Twentieth Century Fox v Newzbin, High Court

8 April 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The operators of the Newzbin web site – which provided helpful tools to enable people to share unauthorised content such as films – infringed the copyright owners’ content in providing that service...

Tags on this discussion: bulletin board common design contract contracts copyright copyright infringement file-sharing films High Court hyperlink illegal Intellectual property intellectual property rights Newzbin online content peer-to-peer Terms & conditions unauthorised unlawful Usenet web site

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

UK consumers to retain high level of protection after EU’s plans for fully harmonised consumer laws are dead in the water

25 March 2010 | Paul Gershlick

For the last couple of years, the European Commission has been seeking to create a totally unified set of consumer laws across the European Union. The aim was to guarantee consumers wherever they were...

Tags on this discussion: consumer laws contract contract law contracts European Commission

Getting termination notice wrong meant innocent party could not claim for its US$15m losses – Shell v Dana Gas, High Court

18 March 2010 | Paul Gershlick

S and D entered into an agreement. Clause 3.1.8 said that if the closing date had not occurred within nine months, then S could terminate the contract by 30 days’ notice, but S would not get back its...

Tags on this discussion: breach of contract contract contract law contracts repudiation repudiatory breach termination

Honest belief of something means party could not be deemed to have made fraudulent misrepresentation – FoodCo v Henry Boot, High Court

18 March 2010 | Mark Weston

HB commissioned a third party to provide a report on likely traffic and footfall at a new motorway service station. HB used that report to provide a brochure to attract tenants. The numbers turned out...

Tags on this discussion: breach of contract contract contract law contracts entire agreement clause exclusion of liability Fraud fraudulent misrepresentation High Court liability

Supreme Court rules that there was a contract despite no signing of written contract that required itself to be signed – RTS v Mueller, Supreme Court

17 March 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The Supreme Court has ruled that a contract was in force, despite the parties having not signed the relevant document and a clause within the document stating that it only came into force when the parties...

Tags on this discussion: breach of contract contract contract law contracts signing Supreme Court

OFT claims that 3-year gym membership contract with no get-out right was unfair on consumers and therefore unenforceable

16 March 2010 | Paul Gershlick | 1 comment

The Office of Fair Trading is taking legal action against Ashbourne Management Services for AMS’s gym membership contracts that provided no opportunity for members to terminate before a minimum three...

Tags on this discussion: business-to-consumer Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations contract contract law contracts illegal Office of Fair Trading OFT unenforceable Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations unlawful

Pink Floyd stops sales of single tracks online

12 March 2010 | Paul Gershlick

Pink Floyd, the rock band, has won a High Court order to stop its tracks being unbundled and sold as singles. It was seeking to stop the sale of individual tracks such as ‘The Wall’ online, so as to...

Tags on this discussion: breach of contract contract contracts copyright copyright infringement High Court Intellectual property intellectual property rights unbundling

Liability cap in contract includes contractual interest but excludes statutory interest – Markerstudy v Endsleigh, High Court

5 March 2010 | Mark Weston

Endsleigh provided certain administration and claims handling services to Markerstudy. Markerstudy claimed for losses resulting from Endsleigh’s alleged overpayment in relation to the claims. There was...

Tags on this discussion: cap on liability consequential loss contra proferentem contract contract law contracts direct loss exclusion of liability High Court indirect loss liability limitation on liability loss of business loss of goodwill loss of profits loss of revenue UCTA unfair contract terms act

European Commission proposes the 28th regime as alternative to national laws

4 March 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The European Commission has proposed a new law spanning the European Union which would aim to increase cross-border trade. In 2008, only 7% of web site transaction were made cross-borders. Viviane Reding,...

Tags on this discussion: 28th regime B2C business-to-consumer contract contract law contracts cross-border European Commission

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Latest news and views tagged contract

Arguments of being innocent host in copyright infringement case sent to bin – Twentieth Century Fox v Newzbin, 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

UK consumers to retain high level of protection after EU’s plans for fully harmonised consumer laws are dead in the water

Getting termination notice wrong meant innocent party could not claim for its US$15m losses – Shell v Dana Gas, High Court

Honest belief of something means party could not be deemed to have made fraudulent misrepresentation – FoodCo v Henry Boot, High Court

Supreme Court rules that there was a contract despite no signing of written contract that required itself to be signed – RTS v Mueller, Supreme Court

OFT claims that 3-year gym membership contract with no get-out right was unfair on consumers and therefore unenforceable

Pink Floyd stops sales of single tracks online

Liability cap in contract includes contractual interest but excludes statutory interest – Markerstudy v Endsleigh, High Court

European Commission proposes the 28th regime as alternative to national laws

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