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AXA appointed agents on its standard form contract to sell its financial products. The contract gave AXA rights to claw back commission if customers cancelled. AXA sought to enforce those provisions. The...
An absence of independent legal advice
This was a claim by a guarantor against a firm of solicitors. The solicitors had provided a certificate to the bank confirming that they had advised the claimant, Mr O’Sullivan, in relation to his...
EDS agrees to pay Sky £318 million in IT contract dispute
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....
Honest belief of something means party could not be deemed to have made fraudulent misrepresentation – FoodCo v Henry Boot, High Court
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...
Sky wins IT case worth hundreds of millions of pounds as liability clause not upheld because of fraudulent misrepresentation by EDS in sales process – Sky v EDS, High Court
Sky has won a long-awaited landmark case against EDS that is bound to have massive implications - not just for all IT contracts, but also for any business that has sales-people that push the boundaries...