November 2011
“The Future” on hold
28-11-2011 01:00
I remember being told by my University Property lecturer that the future of property transactions would be changed by the Land Registry’s plans for electronic conveyancing (e-conveyancing)…
Bribery Act 2010: First Prosecution and Sentence
24-11-2011 09:15
As you may recall from this blog on 31 October 2011, the Bribery Act 2010 came into force in the UK on 1 July 2011. The Act, which was seen as the largest revamp of the Laws of Bribery for a significant period created four separate categories of offence. On 18 November 2011, the first sentence was handed down under the Act following the first prosecution.
Facebook Users “Like” Data Protection
21-11-2011 10:46
When browsing consumer websites you may have noticed the Facebook “like” button which is now a common feature. The “like feature” has recently been the subject of an investigation by data protection officials in Germany.
Patents County Court: Small Claims
17-11-2011 12:41
If you are a regular reader of this blog, you will recall that a few weeks ago we mentioned changes to the Patents County Court (“the PCC”) procedure.
Same dispute, different adjudication
14-11-2011 09:45
In Carillion Construction Ltd. v Stephen Andrew Smith [2011] EWHC 2910 (TCC) (10 November 2011) the court was asked to consider whether a dispute referred to adjudication by the defendant in 2011 was in substance the same as a dispute referred to adjudication in 2003.
Case law update: Copyright: News Updates
11-11-2011 10:41
Many businesses use e-mail alerts for their clients and customers to update them as to news stories or general matters which may be of interest to them. A recent case in the Court of Appeal (The Newspaper Licensing Agency & Others v Meltwater Holding BV & Others) in respect of copyright infringement in newspaper headlines and articles by a news aggregation service may be of interest to such businesses.
Treasury Secretary’s Announcement of more details on the Growing Places Development Fund
07-11-2011 11:09
Treasury Secretary Danny Alexander will today provide more information on the Government’s new Growing Places development fund, including how much of the £½ billion total fund will be allocated to each region.