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Don’t artificially push up prices of your goods on eBay or you could be fined or even end up in jail

16 July 2010 | Mark Weston

Paul Barrett has been fined £3,500 and sentenced to 250 hours of community service after artificially pushing up the price of items he was selling on the online auction site, eBay. The practice is known...

Tags on this discussion: Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations business-to-business business-to-consumer consumer consumer laws consumer protection Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations Fraud Online online shopping shill bidding

EDS agrees to pay Sky £318 million in IT contract dispute

18 June 2010 | Paul Gershlick

EDS and Sky have finally agreed to settle a costly and long-running dispute over an IT contract. In January, the High Court agreed with Sky’s claim that EDS had mis-sold a customer relationship system....

Tags on this discussion: breach of contract contract contract law contracts Fraud fraudulent misrepresentation IT IT contract misrepresentation supply contract UCTA unfair contract terms act

Wake-up call for eBay users as person convicted for bidding against his own items

26 April 2010 | Mark Weston

A man has admitted 10 counts of offences of bidding against an item he was selling on eBay in order to drive the sale price up on the popular online auction site. The case was brought in Skipton Magistrates’...

Tags on this discussion: cybercrime eBay Fraud shill bidding

The Bribery Act becomes law

13 April 2010 | Tim Constable

The Bribery Act received its Royal Assent on 8 April 2010 and duly became law on that date. This reflects Jack Straw's determination to push the legislation through before the end of this session of Parliament,...

Tags on this discussion: bribery Bribery and Corruption Corruption Dispute Resolution Fraud High Court Litigation

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

Decree NOT Absolute

14 January 2010 | Charlotte Conner

A legal advisor from Gateshead has admitted eight charges of fraud and forgery and has been banned from providing legal advice as a condition of her bail. Lillian Rayne took £720, intended to cover...

Tags on this discussion: decree absolute Divorce forgery Fraud Rayne

Latest input tagged Fraud

Don’t artificially push up prices of your goods on eBay or you could be fined or even end up in jail

EDS agrees to pay Sky £318 million in IT contract dispute

Wake-up call for eBay users as person convicted for bidding against his own items

The Bribery Act becomes law

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

Decree NOT Absolute

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