OFT and Apple Agree ‘Fairer Terms’
Following discussions with the OFT, Apple has agreed to revise its standard conditions…
Commerce, Contracts & Finance
Sourcing in these Troubled Times
Pearse Ryan looks at the Irish experience of sourcing in troubled times. Can we learn how to squeeze a dollar out of a dime?…
Loss Causes: Centrica v Accenture
Paul Golding looks at the lessons to be learned about losses from GB Gas Holdings Limited v (1) Accenture (UK) Limited, (2) Accenture SCA, (3) Accenture International SARL, (4) Accenture Inc [2009] EWHC 2734 (Comm)….
The European Roots of Data Protection Law
UK attitudes to data protection differ from those in the rest of the EU. Christopher Kuner looks at some of the roots of those differences in approach and the dangers of further divergence and stresses the value of mutual understanding and co-operation….
T-Mobile Data Sold Illegally
On 17 November, the ICO published a press release which revealed the illegal sale of mobile phone customers’ records. T-Mobile has since responded….
Lessons from T-Mobile
Data protection is again in the national headlines. What will be the lasting lessons of the T-Mobile data story? I fear it might be ‘don’t tell teacher’….
Aggregating Fundamentals
A dispute between Centrica and Accenture over a gas billing system highlights the fact that even the most carefully drafted of contracts have their ambiguities….
Beyond My Jurisdiction
IT law raises special jurisdictional problems and the smaller jurisdictions in these isles have it toughest of all….
Guinness World Record Attempt?
Are the Ministry of Justice seeking an entry in the famous book?…