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30 Oct 2008
UPDATED: Companies have to provide a means of contact on their websites in addition to their postal and email addresses, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. A telephone number, or a contact form that is answered within 60 minutes, were deemed...
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20 Oct 2008
The inventor of a car door latch was not entitled to walk away from a commercial agreement in the way that he did, the High Court has ruled. The terms of the deal had been broken at one point, but not when the inventor ended the agreement, the court said....
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13 Oct 2008
The Gambling Commission has warned home owners that they could be breaking the law if they operate internet-based schemes to offload unsold houses. The draw for the most famous of the schemes will take place on Thursday.
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10 Oct 2008
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has settled a corruption case with a major construction firm for £2.25 million and will not be prosecuting the firm in what one expert described as a "seismic shift" in UK corruption prosecution.
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09 Oct 2008
The European Commission wants to create an over-arching consumer protection law which it claims will cut costs and red tape for internet retailers. The proposed Consumer Rights Directive would replace four existing EU Directives.
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07 Oct 2008
Nearly half of shops selling electrical goods are not supplying consumers with enough information about their extended warranty schemes, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said.
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06 Oct 2008
OPINION: In the current economic downturn, share plans might seem less than attractive as a way for companies to motivate their staff. But despite a weak stock market, share plans can be made to work, without having to pay cash incentives.
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02 Oct 2008
Contacting a supplier to discuss how to cope with difficult market conditions could land businesses in trouble, a competition law expert has warned. Asking a supplier to encourage a rival to stop discounting prices so aggressively could break the law....
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01 Oct 2008
A total of 59 laws came into force across the UK today, changing regimes for running a company paying staff and more. We have summarised the ones that we think are most likely to affect OUT-LAW readers.
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