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Comment—EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement’s Northern Irish complexities augur shifting UK supply chains

Comment—EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement’s Northern Irish complexities augur shifting UK supply chains

The following Commercial news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Comment—EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement’s Northern Irish complexities augur shifting UK supply chains

Retained EU law—a guide for the perplexed

Retained EU law—a guide for the perplexed

The following Banking & Finance news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Retained EU law—a guide for the perplexed

Information Law weekly highlights—12 September 2019

Information Law weekly highlights—12 September 2019

The following Information Law news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Information Law weekly highlights—12 September 2019

Examining the Article 29 Working Party’s Opinion 2/2017 on data processing at work

Examining the Article 29 Working Party’s Opinion 2/2017 on data processing at work

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Joint, several, and joint and several liability

Joint, several, and joint and several liability

ContractWhere a contract is made by two or more parties it may contain a promise or obligation made by two or more of those parties. Any such promise...

Conditions precedent in commercial contracts

Conditions precedent in commercial contracts

This Practice Note considers the meaning and use of conditions precedent in commercial arrangements. It also considers typical conditions precedent...

A company’s constitution

A company’s constitution

What is a company's constitution?A company’s 'constitution' is defined under the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) as including:•the company’s articles of...

Malicious falsehood

Malicious falsehood

This Practice Note provides an introduction to the tort of malicious falsehood. Unlike a claim for defamation, there is no requirement in a claim for...

Practice notes

Declaration of a director's interests—the statutory provisions

A director who is in any way, directly or indirectly, interested in:•a proposed transaction or arrangement with the company of which they are a...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Defamation—defences

DefencesThere are a number of substantive defences to a defamation claim, the majority of which are now, since the Defamation Act 2013 (DA 2013),...
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Produced in partnership with 5RB 12th Jan
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Practice notes

Starting a GDPR compensation claim—a practical guide

Brexit: The UK's departure from the EU on exit day ie Friday 31 January 2020 has implications for practitioners in a number of areas covered in this...
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Produced in partnership with Robert Brodrick and Stephen Woodward of Payne Hicks Beach 12th Jan
Practice notes

Rome Convention—introduction and interpretation

Brexit: The UK's departure from the EU on exit day, ie Friday 31 January 2020, has implications for practitioners considering applicable law. For...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Sub-licensing intellectual property rights

An intellectual property (IP) owner may choose to license its IP to a third party. This can be an effective route to generating revenue while...
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Produced in partnership with Jessica Stretch 12th Jan
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Practice notes

Introduction to retained EU law

This Practice Note provides an introduction to retained EU law, which is an entirely new legal concept introduced to UK domestic law in preparation...
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9th Nov
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Precedents

Standard contractual clauses—set II—controller to controller (Model Clauses)

DRAFTING FOR BREXIT: For the latest information on the impact of Brexit on the drafting, negotiation and enforceability of this Precedent, see...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

No deal Brexit—jurisdiction (UK and the Lugano Convention)

This Practice Note has been produced in partnership with Guy Pendell, Liz Williams and Kushal Gandhi of CMS.STOP PRESS: This Practice Note is under...
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9th Nov
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Practice notes

Model ADR clauses

Brexit: The UK's departure from the EU on exit day ie Friday 31 January 2020 has implications for practitioners considering the use of ADR as it may...
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9th Nov
Precedents

Execution clause—company—deed

Option 1—deed executed by a company under its common seal (model articles, where the authorised signatory is an...
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9th Nov
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Applications for interim injunctions for breaches of privacy

This Practice Note should be read in conjunction with Practice Notes: Privacy law—misuse of private information and Privacy law—remedies.Coronavirus...
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Produced in partnership with Ben Gallop and Lily Walker-Parr of 5RB and Daniel Bishop 12th Jan
Precedents

Third party intellectual property rights indemnity clause—pro-supplier

1 Intellectual property rights indemnity 1.1 The Supplier shall defend the Customer against any third party claim that...
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9th Nov
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Applicable law clauses

Brexit: The UK's departure from the EU on exit day, ie Friday 31 January 2020, has implications for practitioners considering applicable law. For...
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9th Nov
Precedents

Month definition

Month means a calendar month; Close This is a suggested definition for the term 'month', which...
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9th Nov

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Practice notes

Brexit—jurisdiction [Archived]

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. The UK and EU’s specific proposals for dealing with jurisdiction of disputes...
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18th Jan
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No deal Brexit—applicable law [Archived]

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This Practice Note covers the situation at the end of the implementation period...
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18th Jan
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Practice notes

Brexit implementation period—jurisdiction

This Practice Note considers the rules for determining which court has jurisdiction as they will apply between the UK’s departure from the EU on 31...
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18th Jan
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Brexit implementation period—settlement

This Practice Note considers the rules settlement as they will apply between the UK’s departure from the EU on 31 January 2020 and the end of the...
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18th Jan
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Practice notes

Brexit—enforcement of judgments [Archived]

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. The UK and EU’s specific proposals for dealing with the enforcement of judgments...
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18th Jan
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Practice notes

GDPR enforcement by UK and EEA supervisory authorities—tracker

A key objective of the General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (EU GDPR) was to achieve a level of consistency in relation to how...
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15th Jan
Practice notes

Brexit—alternative UK trade models [Archived]

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.As of 31 January 2020 (exit day), the UK is no longer an EU Member State and its...
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Produced in partnership with Adam Cygan of University of Leicester 15th Jan
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Practice notes

What does IP completion day mean for TMT?

11 pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marked the end of the implementation period put in place to enable the UK to transition away from the EU’s laws and...
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15th Jan
Practice notes

Intellectual property—Brexit tracker

This Practice Note tracks key IP developments and guidance specifically related to Brexit.Jump to:•General IP Brexit developments•Copyright and...
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15th Jan
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Q&As

Are UK courts and tribunals bound by decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union post-Brexit?

As of exit day (11pm on 31 January 2020) the UK is no longer an EU Member State and its relationship with the EU is governed by the Withdrawal...
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15th Jan
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Practice notes

Commercial—Brexit tracker

STOP PRESS: the EU and the UK have reached an agreement on their future relationship. For further information, see: LNB News 24/12/2020 76 and LNB...
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15th Jan
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Practice notes

Brexit—drafting commercial clauses

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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15th Jan
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Practice notes

What does IP completion day mean for franchising?

How does Brexit impact franchising?There are no specific franchising EU derived laws or regulations, therefore the main implications of Brexit for the...
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15th Jan
Practice notes

Brexit—consumer protection

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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15th Jan
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Practice notes

What does IP completion day mean for consumer protection?

11 pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marked the end of the implementation period put in place to enable the UK to transition away from the EU’s laws and...
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15th Jan
Practice notes

What does IP completion day mean for the supply of services?

How does Brexit impact the supply of services?Brexit affects the supply of services to the extent that any such supply is cross-border between the UK...
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15th Jan
Practice notes

What does IP completion day mean for agency?

The implementation period put in place to enable the UK to transition away from the EU’s laws and institutions ended at 11 pm (GMT) on 31 December...
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15th Jan
Practice notes

What does IP completion day mean for intellectual property?

IP law is one of the areas of law that is most extensively harmonised across the EU, with a large amount of the law originating from the EU in the...
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14th Jan
Practice notes

Brexit legislation tracker

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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14th Jan
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Practice notes

Brexit—exiting the EU under Article 50 [Archived]

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects relevant prior to/during the...
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Produced in partnership with Adam Cygan of University of Leicester 14th Jan
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