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29 Mar 2010
A venture capital company that breached the confidentiality of businessmen who came to it with a proposition should only have to pay damages as compensation and not a share of their profits from the deal, the High Court has ruled.
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22 Mar 2010
A software licence that was modified to become 'perpetual' did not necessarily last forever and could be terminated, the High Court has ruled.
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19 Mar 2010
The European Commission has given up on plans to fully harmonise consumer protection law in Europe in a bid to win support for a watered-down Consumer Rights Directive from Members of the European Parliament (MEP).
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18 Mar 2010
Oil giant Shell lost the right to recover $15 million when another company breached a contract because Shell made the mistake of following the contract's termination procedure, the High Court has ruled.
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15 Mar 2010
The European Commissioner's consumer law chief has promised a 'breakthrough' on plans for a new Europe-wide consumer law but has said that existing UK rights cannot be safeguarded.
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15 Mar 2010
Gym membership contracts that lasted for three years and could not be cancelled breached consumer protection laws, according to consumer protection regulator the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).
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12 Mar 2010
UK web users are Europe's biggest online shoppers but are not aware of their consumer rights when it comes to e-commerce, a Government survey has found.
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11 Mar 2010
A deal was governed by a contract despite the two companies involved not actually signing and exchanging copies of it, the Supreme Court has ruled. The contract is in effect because the firms behaved as if it was, it said.
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08 Mar 2010
International economic advice body the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published guidance for companies on how to combat bribery within their organisations just as the UK Government prepares to publish similar advice....
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05 Mar 2010
Next generation broadband networks would reach 70% of the UK population by 2017 without any public funding or Government intervention, a Government report has said.
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