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Several recent cases highlight the importance of process for both customers and suppliers when contracting on standard terms (or a mixture of standard terms and "bespoke" terms). In this briefing, we highlight some of the key pitfalls for the unwary, particularly around the so-called "battle of the forms".
In the fifth episode of the series, Knowledge Counsel Jonathan Rush looks at the impact of Brexit on UK law.
In the fourth episode of the series, Senior Associate Richard Offord talks about the impact of Brexit on goods, following the UK's departure from the Single Market and Customs Union.
In the third episode of the series, Senior Associate and Business Immigration Law Specialist Moji Oyediran takes a look at the changes to business travel now that free movement rules no longer apply between the UK and EU.
In the second episode of the series, Knowledge Counsel Jonathan Rush provides an overview of the UK post-Brexit trade agreements and considers what they mean for UK businesses.
The UK Government has announced plans for a "Brexit Freedoms" Bill which would make it easier to change retained EU law. It is also considering a series of other measures with implications for retained EU law.
France's data protection regulator (the CNIL) has imposed hefty fines on Google (€150m) and Facebook (€60m) for making it more difficult for users in France to reject cookies than to accept them. The companies also face penalties of €100,000 per day of delay if they fail to simplify the reject mechanism within 3 months.
In this episode, Technology & Commercial Transactions Senior Associate, Mike Cuthbertson, discusses the topic of "greenwashing" in a consumer-facing context: what it is, why it should be on your radar and practical steps you can take to avoid it becoming a problem.
Video series
In this video series, we will be taking a look at where we are in the Brexit process, one year on from the end of the transition period and the UK's effective exit from the European Union.
Having said goodbye to another year of headlines dominated by COVID-19, with a Christmas and New Year overshadowed by a mixture of good and bad news about Omicron, it's not yet clear what degree of optimism about the year ahead is justified. At the very least, it is to be hoped that the World Health Organisation will not find it has to exhaust the Greek alphabet in naming any future new variants of concern.
The UK Government has been consulting on wide-ranging proposals to reform competition and consumer law. In this briefing, we consider the proposed reforms to consumer law and ask whether their impact on consumer-facing businesses will be comparable to that of the GDPR.
Travers Smith has written the UK chapters of the Practical Law and Chambers global outsourcing guides. The chapters cover the latest legal information and many of the key issues to consider on UK outsourcing.
There is significant disagreement between the UK and the EU over the Northern Ireland protocol, with much speculation that the UK will shortly seek to introduce "safeguard measures". Meanwhile, it has been suggested that the EU could respond to such a move by terminating the UK-EU Brexit trade deal (or at least threatening to do so). We explain below why the EU may be considering what some might see as a "nuclear" option – but as we also point out, even if the UK and the EU manage to settle their differences, changes scheduled for 1 January 2022 mean that there is a risk of trade disruption in any event over the coming months.
Key employment and business immigration developments for employers.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has recently published a set of principles setting out how providers of anti-virus software with contracts which auto-renew can best comply with UK consumer protection law. This guidance is also noteworthy for other B2C businesses which use auto-renewal, particularly in an online context.
At what point does CCTV go from being an acceptable security measure to an infringement of others' privacy – or even unlawful harassment? A recent case provides useful guidance on the position and highlights the key issues that businesses need to consider.
A recent judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has significant consequences for software providers which conduct sales of software to their customers through agents, both in the EU and the UK. It also highlights a wider debate around whether software should be treated as goods or services and why this matters.