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27/09/2005 : Article - Trade Marks Versus Domain Names
Trade Marks versus Domain Names In the last issue of e-briefing we explored the nature of domain names and their importance to a business’ branding strategy. Whilst domain names do form an important part of any branding strategy, their value… »

27/05/2005 : Can You Believe It?
Mr M worked as a nurse at a residential care home. On 17 January 2003 he was suspended without pay following allegations that he had abused patients. His employers initially expected that the suspension would be for no more than 7 days, in accordance… »

22/03/2005 : Experts’ Immunity Removed
Background A claim by Jonathan Guy Anthony Phillips and others against Robin James Symes concerned the administration of an estate and the calling in of its assets. Mr Symes lived with, and built an antiquities business with, Mr Christo Michailidis… »

27/01/2005 : Article - Brand and Deliver! – The Value of Trade Mark Protection
Brand and Deliver! : The Value of Trade Mark Protection Why are Coca-Cola and Microsoft the top two most valuable brands in the world with estimated brand values of over US$60,000,000,000? Why are brands like Apple, Amazon.com, Yahoo!, Samsung and… »

18/01/2005 : Article - Freedom of Information - Impact on Private Businesses
The Freedom Of Information Act 2000 - It’s Impact On Private Businesses The achievement of a more accessible and transparent government system has moved another step closer with the Freedom of Information Act coming into force on 1 January 2005.… »

13/01/2005 : The Consumer Credit Bill
The Consumer Credit Bill (the “Bill”) will significantly modernise the UK consumer credit regime to provide further protection for consumers and create a fairer more competitive market. The Bill was introduced into the House of Commons on… »

01/11/2004 : View the full ’as published’Freedom of Information Act 2000
November 2004 - Freedom of Information - Media Boon or Bane? NEXT year promises to be a bonanza for journalists. The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FoI) comes fully into force on January 1, unleashing an ocean of facts and figures into the…
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27/09/2004 : Bumping Redundancies – Fair Or Not?
I struggle with the idea that we can remain the fourth wealthiest country in the world if we continue to allow manufacturing to decline year on year, whilst reducing employers’ competitiveness by giving employees more rights. Down here in the South… »

27/06/2004 : Big Brother is watching you!
The final of this year’s Big Brother is fast approaching. But how far can Big Brother go in the workplace? We all know that employers have information about their employees but what happens to this information and what are the employees’… »

27/09/2003 : Burden of Proof
You might be surprised to learn that a question I frequently get asked by employers is “my employee’s just been arrested – what can I do? Attitudes to this question vary from “everyone’s innocent until proven guilty”… »

29/07/2002 : Article - Domain Names
Domain Names With the way in which businesses now evolve, many of them online, domain names have been and are increasingly becoming an important integral part of a business’ branding strategy. What are domain names? Domain names are the easy… »

01/01/2002 : Property Group Newsletter - January 2002
Property Disputes Expert Starts Specialist Team in Exeter Foot Anstey Sargent is the only practice south of Bristol to have a department dedicated to advising on commercial property disputes. We have recently appointed Bhavani Hogarty to build a new…
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27/09/2000 : Blowing The Whistle – What Does It Mean?
Whistle-blowing is one of those subjects that becomes hot news every now and again, but few employers and even fewer employees know what the law is. Before 1999, if an employee made public the fact that his employer was guilty of wrongdoing, the… »

01/03/2000 : Article - Data Protection Compliance: A Happy Accident?
Data Protection Compliance - A Happy Accident? The Data Protection Act came into force on 1 March 2000. It is a complicated piece of legislation which places heavy responsibilities onto businesses and organisations with regard to the protection and… »

01/09/1998 : Article - Data Protection – Notification Scams
Data Protection Act 1998 - Notification Scams Businesses in Devon have recently been receiving documentation from various organisations encouraging them to notify the Information Commissioner under the Data Protection Act 1998, by completing the enclosed… »

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