Limitation of liability clauses are always keenly negotiated and are often one of the last clauses to be agreed. A string of recent cases provide guidance to lawyers about how these clauses should be drafted and incorporated into a contract. Jimmy Desai offers a summary of some recent cases and an explanation as to how each may be useful to those drafting such clauses….
Helen Hart summarises and comments on the latest ICO advice….
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Last month saw the conclusion (or did it…?) of a long running battle between the BPI, on behalf of record companies, and CD Wow!. Chris Scroggs gives the background….
Kit Burden looks at one of the tricky aspects of outsourcing deals….
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Renzo Marchini reports on the recent Court of Appeal decision on David Paul Johnson v The Medical Defence Union Limited [2007] EWCA Civ 262…
Read extracts from the SCL response to the Consultation Paper from the DCA on fees for supplying data and the imposition of a limit on the expense of supply. The response argued for a rethink. The DCA has now decided to give an opportunity for further consultation….
Alex Newson gives an overview of the legal issues from an EU & US law perspective. This is an updated version of the original article, taking account of the appeal ruling in Perfect 10 v Google….
The Court of Appeal judgment is now available in the case of Johnson v The Medical Defence Union….
John Kenyon highlights the advantages of the OGC standard contracts….
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SCL submitted a response to the Consultation Paper from the Department of Constitutional Affairs on fees for supplying data and the imposition of a limit on the expense of supply, beyond which an exemption applies but there is now an opportunity for further consultation….