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Google Inc v Vidal-Hall – opening the floodgates to compensation under the DPA?
Previously, for an individual to bring a claim for distress under the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA), the individual must have also suffered financial loss. This has meant many individuals...
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The High Court considers the Consumer Credit Act and the issue of de facto borrower
The High Court (slightly) demystifies one of the many vague provisions of the Consumer Credit Act (CCA) in Barclays Bank plc v L. Londell McMillan [2015] EWHC 1596 (Comm) (the Case). In...
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Disrepair: the tenant’s options against a defaulting landlord
The parties to a modern lease of business premises will have negotiated their respective repairing obligations from the outset, and so the obligations on the landlord to repair the premises,...
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Kirschner v General Dental Council [2015] EWHC 1377 (Admin)
The appellant dentist appealed a decision of the General Dental Council's Professional Performance Committee that she was dishonest under the Ghost/Twinsectra test. The appellant was suspended for 12 months and appealed on...
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The Business Exemption under the Consumer Credit Act
Do we, at last, have some clarity on this issue? The Business Exemption has recently come under scrutiny in the Courts. In particular, the case of Wood v. Capital Bridging Finance...
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I’ve sold my business – what next?
Many individuals selling businesses often look to retire (lucky devils!) and ask how they can use the money from the sale to plan for their family's future. Others look to...
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Double insurance
It is important that insurers are aware of the consequences double insurance may have on their liability, the rules on claiming contribution from co-insurers and the various policy clauses that...
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Moving the regulation of second charge lending into the mortgage regime
Now the final rules are out, what does it mean for both old book and new? The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will transfer the regulation of second charge lending from...
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Meaning of “establishment” clarified by the European Court
Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, B&Q and Homebase have all announced plans to close a number of their stores, potentially resulting in significant job losses. These are uncertain times for the retail...
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New heat supply regulations may catch out unsuspecting landlords – what they need to know
At a time when many landlords are grappling with the requirements of the recently introduced minimum energy efficiency standards for their buildings, another set of regulations comes along to burden...
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Summary of the law on surrogacy
Under a surrogacy arrangement, one woman carries and gives birth to a child for the benefit of another. The most common arrangement is for the surrogate mother to be artificially...
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Are monitoring and administration fees justified anymore?
Planning law is an ever changing beast and at no time before, that I can remember, have changes been more abundant than the weeks leading up to the general election....
