May 2011

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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Comparative advertising: an Indian snapshot | Amarchand Mangaldas

Advertising in modern times is not just about reminding customers about products and services and boosting sales, it is also about taking the competition head on in a highly globalised and competitive market to create an identity that is distinct and appealing to the consumers. While creative and interesting visuals do have an effect on …

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Britain is open for big business | Magrath Sheldrick LLP

David Cameron’s coalition government promised that it would reduce net migration to the UK to the tens of thousands and that is what it is attempting to do. The government recently announced a raft of changes to the immigration rules designed to fulfil this promise.