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24/07/2007 : Data Protection - 'Horrifying' But It Doesn't Have To be...
The UK’s Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas, gave a damming assessment of data protection compliance in the UK at the launch of the Information Commission Office’s annual report. Mr Thomas described the number of breaches as "Horrifying"… »

17/07/2007 : Foreign Labour
A Nigerian student works as a night manager in a hotel six nights a week. Each shift is 12 hours long and he is paid £130 a week. You don’t need to be a mathematician to work out that this is way below the minimum wage. He tells the owner… »

11/07/2007 : Divorce And The Family Business
If you are part of a family business you know how important it is to stop personal emotions affecting the company. Divorce or separation is often a period of extreme stress which can spill over into your business with disastrous affects. A traditional… »

11/07/2007 : Is It Yours To Take?
Most people who spend their working lives in front of a computer screen have a number of things in common; boredom and eyestrain spring to mind! However, they all probably also have a large “contacts” folder on their computer. These… »

11/07/2007 : Muggle Laws
With the final Harry Potter book due for release this month, the normal hype surrounding the tales of the boy wizard is already permeating the press. However recent headlines about JK Rowling’s creation had something of a twist. A born-again… »

05/07/2007 : Internet Copyright – Are Search Giants Playing Fair?
Internet search engines play a vital role, enabling us to navigate the web and locate other people’s information in an organised way. But in doing so, are they unfairly lining their pockets with advertising revenue by copying material without… »

05/07/2007 : Web 2.0 – A challenging Landscape For Copyright
Copyright owners face an increasing threat online, as the latest “Web 2.0” technology brings ever more opportunities for infringement. Social networking sites, user-generated content (UGC), multimedia functionality – all are common… »

05/07/2007 : The Chart Toppers In Blair's Employment Law Bonanza
Tony Blair may be gone but his 10 years as Prime Minister saw an unprecedented number of laws relating to employment. Karen Plumbley-Jones, employment specialist,  looks at Tony Blair’s legacy for employers and the huge number of laws… »

05/07/2007 : Party Walls - Don't Sit On The Fence
Attention all property developers! Are you intending to excavate, build, demolish or alter a Party Wall? If so, then be sure to understand the requirements of the Party Wall Etc. Act 1996. A “Party Wall” is any wall, fence or other… »

29/06/2007 : Home Information Packs- Will They Really Happen?
Thousands of inches of column space have already been dedicated to the subject of Home Information Packs (HIPs), and no doubt many more will follow in the next few months. Although the common opinion across the property market is still that the Packs… »

29/06/2007 : Buying Your House Together – A Reminder Of The Legal Consequences
As property prices seem to rise daily, and the average house price in a city is above £100,000, many people now choose to buy a home jointly with another person. Whether joint purchasers include civil partners, husband and wife, friends or… »

29/06/2007 : The Country Home - Thinking of moving to the West Country?
Maybe you want to escape the rat race or have enjoyed great holidays here. One thing is clear, the South West is a fantastic place to live, and to prove it we have one of the highest rates of inward migration in the whole country. Who can be surprised?… »

29/06/2007 : Focus on Exeter and East Devon
Residents of Exeter and East Devon have seen lengthy press coverage on the various developments occurring to the east of Exeter including the submission of the planning application for Skypark and prior to that, the much larger development of the new… »

25/06/2007 : Hold The Front Page - House of Lords Under Fire As Free Speech Loses Ground To Privacy
A TOP publisher has criticised the House of Lords for ducking its “constitutional duty” to clarify rapidly developing privacy law. Associated Newspapers’ allegation comes as a leading academic told a media conference that discrepancies… »

25/06/2007 : Newspaper Wins Fair Comment Argument In Libel Case
Freedom of expression for critics and commentators has been upheld by the Court of Appeal in an important ‘fair comment’ victory in a libel case. The case would have been a chilling precedent for the media if the libel claimant’s… »

20/06/2007 : Bonus Payments
Bonus payments are a bit like company cars, everything is okay until you don’t get the car you want or the bonus payment you believe you are due. Then it seems like World War Three has broken out. So what governs bonus payments? Well, the starting… »

12/06/2007 : Sony - And The Battle Of Manchester Cathedral
Games creators, online authors and publishers, in fact everyone involved in the South West’s burgeoning IT industry, would do well to watch how the row between a Japanese electronics giant and the Church of England unfolds. When Sony’s… »

12/06/2007 : Building Disputes – A New Way of Doing Things
Lawyers are sometimes accused of “playing games” when exploiting tactics to gain an advantage for their client. Litigation, like chess or monopoly, has a set of rules. These must be complied with if the lawyer’s client, or indeed the… »

11/06/2007 : Douglas v Hello - New ‘Image Right’ Via The Back Door?
Celebrities, artists and businesses of all types have reason to celebrate the recent House of Lords decision in Douglas v Hello! The ruling [2nd May 2007] confirmed that the law of confidence is a powerful tool for the protection of intellectual… »

11/06/2007 : Keeping It In The Family
Many business owners choose to employ family and friends in an attempt to reduce potential employment disputes, and there are of course significant advantages associated with this approach. Family businesses generally work very well on the basis… »

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