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Commercial weekly highlights—21 July 2022

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Published on: 21 July 2022

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Table of contents

Advertising, marketing & sponsorship
ASA rulings—20 July 2022
Consumer protection
National Trading Standards reports UK victims of marketing scam to be compensated
Contracts
Force majeure and coronavirus (COVID-19)—High Court decision turns on specific wording of FM clause
Spire Property Development LLP v Withers LLP [2022] EWCA Civ 970
Kelly and another v Baker [2022] EWHC 1879 (Comm)
Contra Holdings Ltd v Bamford [2022] EWHC 1857 (Comm)
Data protection

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Article summary

This week's edition of Commercial weekly highlights includes: analysis of the High Court decision in Knapfield v C.A.R.S considering the limitation of liability under the CGRA 1965 and CRM for the damage to classic cars whilst in transportation, news of the Court of Appeal decision in Spire Property Development LLP and another v Withers LLP concerning a breach of contract, news of the High Court decision in Contra Holdings Ltd v Bamford considering implied terms, and news of the High Court judgment in Kelly and another v Baker and another which held that no fiduciary duty arose in a dispute over the sale of two companies.

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