Competition rules for Dutch public authorities | Boekel

The senate of the Netherlands has recently adopted a bill that protects private undertakings against unfair competition of public authorities (and public enterprises) conducting business activities. The bill imposes several rules of conduct on these public authorities. This article looks at the background to these changes and discusses the way in which the rules of …

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A clearer picture of entitlement to damages flowing from repudiatory breach? | Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

In IHL174 Charlotte Bunn commented that the concept of repudiatory breach of contract, and its effects, are commonly misunderstood (p8). The recent Court of Appeal decision in Acre 1127 Ltd (In Liquidation) v De Montfort Fine Art Ltd [2011] should therefore be welcomed in so far as it is a reminder of the distinction between …

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Advertising and promotion law in the MENA region | Rouse

Consumers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are much the same as consumers anywhere else in the world; they enjoy the chance of getting something for nothing. So, not surprisingly, brand owners are as keen here as they are elsewhere in the world to use promotional giveaways and prize draws to attract consumer …

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Alternative investments by DB pension schemes: the employer’s perspective | Eversheds Sutherland

Does your organisation sponsor a defined benefit (DB) pension scheme? If it does, it will be responsible for making up the deficit in the scheme. It therefore has a direct interest in how the scheme’s investments perform. One difficulty for a sponsoring employer is that it is one step removed from the decision-making process on …

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Libel reform: the proposed changes | Schillings

Following some years of vocal agitation by media organisations and interest groups, on 15 March 2011 the Ministry of Justice published its draft Defamation Bill, the first proposal for wholesale statutory reform of our libel laws since the Faulks Committee’s (aborted) proposal in 1972. The draft Bill is based in part on Lord Lester’s private …

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Contractual misrepresentation under UAE law | Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla

Prior to discussing misrepresentation it is important to understand the structure of the legal system in the UAE.1 UAE LEGAL SYSTEM The UAE shares a similar civil law structure to many other Arab countries. After the formation of the federation in 1971, the UAE looked towards Egypt for the drafting of its major codes. Egyptian …

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Fines for health and safety breaches: what about the Scots? | Brodies

It is three years since the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (the 2007 Act) came into force on 6 April 2008. After a flurry of interest in the 2007 Act and its ramifications by industry and the public sector alike, and the fear that large fines would be imposed, the reality is that …

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Rights of light: what you need to know post-Heaney | Berwin Leighton Paisner

HKRUK II (CHC) Ltd v Marcus Alexander Heaney [2010] has been described by one leading rights of light surveyor as the ‘9/11’ of the rights of light world. Heaney has indeed dramatically changed the way in which owner-occupiers, developers, surveyors, insurance companies – and perhaps, more importantly, funders and prospective tenants of a proposed development …

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Safe sex? | Holman Fenwick Willan

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has found that the pricing of insurance and other financial services on the basis of the sex of the customer amounts to sexual discrimination.

I wandered lonely into a cloud… | Kemp Little

In traditional computing infrastructure, a computer’s operating system (eg Microsoft Windows), applications (eg Microsoft Office) and data are stored on an individual user’s computer. In the office environment data is usually stored on servers (often within the same building), which are then accessible by the rest of an organisation. Cloud computing is a different approach …

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