Commercial weekly highlights—20 May 2021

Published on: 20 May 2021

Published by: LexisPSL

Commercial weekly highlights—20 May 2021
In this issue:
Advertising, marketing and sponsorship
ASA rulings—19 May 2021
FSB Technology (UK) faces regulatory action for third-party website failures
Contracts
Bungalow Brouhaha—an object lesson in residential construction disputes (Kang v Pattar)
Comment—UK insurers incite new dispute over calculations of businesses’ coronavirus (COVID-19) losses
Commercial Court refuses summary judgment application in unjust enrichment claim (Olympic Council of Asia v Novans Jets)
Joint venture—termination of contract (Donovan v Grainmarket Asset Management)

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Norway assents to UK joining Lugano Convention 2007
Consumer
CMA warns travel firms to respect holidaymakers’ refund rights amid coronavirus (COVID-19)
eBay launches Regulatory Portal to boost online consumer safety
Data protection
CMA and ICO publish joint statement on relationship between competition and data protection
Facebook loses bid to halt Irish probe into EU-US data flows after Schrems II ruling
ICO welcomes laying of Data Sharing Code of Practice before Parliament
‘Good data protection is an investment’ says UK Information Commissioner
E-commerce
European Commission launches consultation on EU digital principles
UK publishes Online Safety Bill—a new era in digital regulation
International
Exporting and importing goods—post-Brexit transition guidance from Cabinet Office
Goods movement reference—post-Brexit transition guidance from HMRC
Issues with trading routes—post-Brexit transition guidance from Cabinet Office
Weekly roundup of HMRC post-Brexit import, export and customs guidance—17 May 2021
Public procurement
DHSC responds to challenge over its awarding of PPE contracts amid coronavirus (COVID-19)
Supply of goods and services
EFRA Committee concerned about food supply chain due to new immigration policy
Supply of services
Birmingham City Council’s housing allocation scheme declared to have discriminated against disabled households (R (Nur) v Birmingham City Council)
Inexcusable delay giving judgment, dishonest assistance and dual vicarious liability (Natwest Markets plc v Bilta UK Ltd (In liquidation))
UK/EU divergence—have your say
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Article summary

This week’s edition of Commercial weekly highlights includes: a look at the regulatory action against FSB Technology (UK) for third party website failures, analysis of the Commercial Court’s refusal of a summary judgment application in an unjust enrichment claim in Olympic Council of Asia v Novans Jets, Norway’s assent to the UK joining the Lugano Convention 2007, CMA’s warning to travel firms to respect holidaymakers’ refund rights amid coronavirus (COVID-19), ICO’s response to the laying of Data Sharing Code of Practice before Parliament, DHSC’s response to the challenge over its awarding of PPE contracts during the coronavirus, and the latest post-Brexit guidance. Sign in or take a trial to read the full analysis.