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Nelsons supplied Bach Flower Remedies. Guna had been its distributor in Italy. Their distribution agreement had included several restrictions including a ban on Guna from advertising for orders from outside...
Directors safe from company fines under Competition Act 1998 – Safeway Stores Limited & Others v Twigger & Others, Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal has ruled that, where an undertaking has been fined for a breach of the Competition Act 1998, that undertaking cannot recover the amount of the fine from those directors or employees...
Liquidated damages does not always need to be genuine pre-estimate of loss to be enforceable – Azimut-Benetti v Healey, High Court
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....
Lorry makers in price fix enquiry
Some leading lorry manufacturers in Europe are at the centre of a cartel investigation. The Office of Fair Trading is leading an enquiry into whether they have fixed prices contrary to the Chapter I Prohibition...
Too wide a restriction on contractual non-compete clause between non-competitors breached EU competition law – Jones v Ricoh, High Court
C assisted its clients in obtaining photocopying equipment. C put forward R as the preferred supplier for its clients. C was concerned not to get cut out of its relationship with its clients by those clients...
Rooney scores win by kicking image rights agreement into touch – Proactive Sports Management v Rooney and Stoneygate, High Court
Wayne Rooney had assigned his image rights to S, to act on his behalf with negotiating sponsorship deals. P agreed with S whereby P would act on behalf of S for exploiting some those rights. The agreement...
Several High Street names not operating within Distance Selling Rules
A BBC investigation has discovered that some retailers are not operating within consumer laws imposed by the Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000. Many are giving out false information...