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Commercial weekly highlights—23 August 2018

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Published on: 23 August 2018

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Table of contents

Brexit
EU and UK to negotiate continuously from now on
Government issues framework for open and fair competition in future UK-EU partnership
Brexit White Paper—examining the UK vision for a future UK/EU economic partnership
Contracts
Law Commission publishes consultation on electronic execution of documents
Damages awarded for defamation over dating agency review (Burki v Seventy Thirty Ltd; Seventy Thirty Ltd v Burki)
Data protection
Due diligence on processors by controllers under the GDPR
Applying Article 3(1) of the GDPR—inside and outside the EU

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Article summary

This week’s edition of Commercial weekly highlights includes news on the government’s vision for the future UK-EU partnership, notification of the law commission’s consultation on electronic execution of documents, an analysis of the law and evolving practice on data controllers undertaking due diligence on data processors and consideration of the uncertainty surrounding Article 3(1) of the GDPR.

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