The legal issues affecting your business.

Previous alerts are located in the legal news archive or can be accessed in the relevant services or business sectors alert page.

July



• 27.07.10 - Powerhouse - still powerful?
  
• 23.07.10 - Mismatch of patent + marketing authoristion + product = SPCs rejected
  
• 23.07.10 - Bribery Act to come into force in April 2011 - time to take action
  
• 23.07.10 - Another win for perfume brands before the CJEU
  
• 22.07.10 - Property update - July/August 2010
  
• 21.07.10 - The importance of compliance after Buncefield
  
• 21.07.10 - Banking update: report and review on recent cases and issues
  
• 21.07.10 - Before you charge in - part 7. Confidentiality agreements - are they worth the paper they are written on?
  
• 14.07.10 - Goodbye RPI?
  
• 13.07.10 - The Health White Paper - A revolution for the better?
  
• 13.07.10 - Personal Information Online: new Code of Practice published by the ICO
  
• 12.07.10 - I want my postage back! Delivery Charge refunds under Distance Selling Regulations
  
• 09.07.10 - Global enterprise signals global financial support direction
  
• 09.07.10 - Ambush marketing – did it all kick off in South Africa?
  
• 08.07.10 - Cash in the static?
  
• 07.07.10 - The scope of DNA patents - ECJ's decision in Monsanto v Cefetra
  
• 07.07.10 - Medeva's SPC applications: the Court of Appeal refers questions to the ECJ
  
• 06.07.10 - The Companies Act 2006 and directors' duties
  
• 05.07.10 - Conditions precedent: when clear drafting can save you time and money
  
• 05.07.10 - A tax cloud hanging over Luxembourg real estate funds invested in France
  
• 02.07.10 - The bark becomes a bite: first contribution notice issued
  
• 02.07.10 - Court of Appeal brings some clarity to part 36
  
• 01.07.10 - UK cap on migrant workers entering the UK
  

June



• 30.06.10 - Publish or be damned - failure to comply with announcement obligations can be a costly oversight
  
• 29.06.10 - US Supreme court hedges its bets and fails to deliver clarity in business methods case
  
• 25.06.10 - The Coalition Government's first Budget - high earners and pensions: an update
  
• 25.06.10 - 'Henry' gets a clean win in the High Court
  
• 24.06.10 - Banking update: report and review on recent cases and issues
  
• 22.06.10 - 'Overspent, not overtaxed' - the Emergency Budget
  
• 18.06.10 - £4.3 million compensation for an 'unfair' dismissal