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Swine flu may become a force majeure event, so check your contracts now
Companies should dig out their major contracts and read the clauses on 'force majeure' to prepare for arguments that a swine flu pandemic could render contracts meaningless, a legal expert has said.
22/07/2009
Information Commissioner enjoys new powers to fine from April 2010
Privacy regulator the Information Commissioner will be handed new powers to issue fines next April. The Commissioner's office has confirmed for the first time the date on which it will be able to hand out new fines.
22/07/2009
Government resists bringing US-style class actions to English courts
The Government will not be introducing a right to bring class actions in English courts for all types of civil claim, the Ministry of Justice announced this week.
22/07/2009
Government will fight Brussels over EU consumer rights law
The Government will fight the European Commission over UK consumers' right to reject goods, it has said. It said it was 'optimistic' about changing the Commission's mind about its proposed new EU law the Consumer Rights Directive.
21/07/2009
Google is not liable for defamatory snippets in search results, rules High Court
Google is not the publisher of defamatory words that appear in its search results, the High Court ruled yesterday. Even when Google had been told that its results contained libellous words, it was not liable as a publisher, said Mr Justice Eady.
17/07/2009
Companies to stay outside Freedom of Information regime
Companies that carry out functions of a public nature will not have to handle Freedom of Information requests, the Ministry of Justice announced yesterday. Proposals to extend the regime to the private sector will not progress at this time.
17/07/2009
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