SCL AGM: Changes in SCL Trustees and Chair
SCL AGM: Changes in SCL Trustees and Chair…
Commerce, Contracts & Finance
Use of Service Catalogues in IT Outsourcing Contracts
Service catalogues are, as Andrew Withers explains, increasingly being viewed as an integral part of major outsourcing contracts. But they can be all too easily neglected and misunderstood….
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Specific Performance of IT Contracts
In this article, Duncan McCall and Alex Potts consider the circumstances in which the courts might be willing to grant the remedy of specific performance in an IT contracts dispute. They also consider the relationship between a limitation of liability clause and the remedy of specific performance….
Exit – Controlling the Size of the Hole
Steve Holmes points out that, at some stage in an outsourcing relationship, the customer is likely to be eyeing the door marked Exit. This article covers the key issues that the contract needs to cover if the exit is to be executed without undue stress….
A VeRO Real Threat
Shelley Hill reports on the interim application in Quads 4 Kids v Campbell and speculates on the implications for IP rights holders and eBay….
Webinar: Exit and Termination Assistance in Outsourcing Projects
Questions arising from the presentations at the SCL Outsourcing Group’s meeting on 1 November 2006 (Webinar course code: HW/SFCL8 – 1 hour)…
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Editorial
The publication of this issue immediately precedes the SCL Conference, Public Sector – Private Challenge. The issue is dominated by IT law pieces and focuses especially on the public sector and some of the special issues that are associated with public sector contracts. The contributions of Clive Davies, Viv Nissanka and Martin Sloan take a…
When is Outsourcing Bestsourcing?
Paul Heritage-Redpath looks at law firm outsourcing in the light of a new book of guidance on outsourcing principles….
IT Accessibility and the Public Sector
Martin Sloan discusses compliance with the new Public Contracts Regulations and the changes to the Disability Discrimination Act and their effect on public procurement….
Life After Grokster
Maureen Daly analyses the varying approaches to the battle against unlawful file sharing and developments on this front in a number of jurisdictions….