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Commercial weekly highlights—7 November 2024

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Published on: 07 November 2024

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Table of contents

Advertising, marketing and sponsorship
ASA rulings—6 November 2024
ASA publishes its Vaping Project Review on vaping ads targeted at under-18s
Consumer protection
Meta Platforms Inc and other companies v Gormsen [2024] EWCA Civ 1322
CMA closes investigation into Unilever’s ‘green’ claims
Contracts
Sufficiency of knowledge of a right to enable its waiver (URE Energy Ltd v Notting Hill Genesis)
Unusual rectification of a novation agreement (SATA Internacional v Hi Fly Ltd)
Northamber Plc v Genee World Ltd and others

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Article summary

This week's edition of Commercial weekly highlights includes: news of the publication of the Court of Appeal’s decision in Topalsson GMBH v Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ltd which considers whether a limitation cap applied before set-off was applied, commentary on the decision in URE Energy Ltd v Notting Hill Genesis which considers whether a contractual right to terminate was effectively waived, and news that the Home Office has published guidance on the corporate 'failure to prevent fraud' criminal offence included in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023.

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