-
26 Feb 2010
The Ministry of Justice has published guidance to European Regulations on which law applies in international disputes. The guidance relates to new rules that came into force in December.
More details
-
26 Feb 2010
The Government should drop its 50p per month tax on phone lines and put its plans to increase superfast broadband coverage on hold, MPs have said. The tax is regressive and unfocused, they said.
More details
-
26 Feb 2010
European law allows countries to ban the promotion of online gambling sites based abroad, according to an advisor to the EU's highest court.
More details
-
25 Feb 2010
Privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) will report to Parliament later this year on the degree to which UK citizens are put under surveillance.
More details
-
25 Feb 2010
The European Commission wants to create a new, pan-European contract law that would run in parallel to national laws and would be aimed at increasing cross border trade within the EU. It has also vowed to press ahead with controversial consumer law plans....
More details
-
25 Feb 2010
UPDATED: An Italian court has convicted three Google executives of violations of the country's privacy code, handing them a six month suspended prison sentence over a video hosted on the site which shows an autistic child being bullied.
More details
-
25 Feb 2010
The Government has ruled out changing English law to allow people who have developed pleural plaques as a result of exposure to asbestos to claim compensation from negligent employers and their insurers.
More details
-
24 Feb 2010
Retailers whose prices fluctuate in line with demand and with competitors' prices should not use printed brochures for advertising, according to the UK's advertising watchdog.
More details
-
24 Feb 2010
Journalists should be told to inform the subjects of stories that their private lives are about to be exposed before the stories are published, a Parliamentary Committee has said. It has stopped short of recommending new privacy laws.
More details
-
24 Feb 2010
Three companies have lodged formal claims with the European Commission that Google is acting anti-competitively. Two of the complaints relate to the way that it ranks web pages. The Commission has asked Google to explain its actions.
More details