Alerts
Alerts archive 2008
22.02.08
Yesterday Ofgem announced an investigation into competition in the retail energy market in Great Britain in a response to mounting political and media pressure about rising energy bills.
21.02.08
Mortgage indemnity guarantees, fraudulent valuations, adverse possession and valid demands for repayment; Wragge & Co's Banking and Finance experts bring you the latest on the cases affecting the lending industry.
21.02.08
Wragge & Co's real estate experts bring you the latest property law issues. Read their comment on these issues and take note of any action points that will help you and your organisation.
19.02.08
If the European Court of Justice follows the Advocate General in the O2 v H3G reference, businesses in the UK will not only be powerless to sue for breach of the Comparative Advertising Directive (only public bodies have rights of action)
18.02.08
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has come under unprecedented criticism following its high-profile investigation into alleged price-fixing in the dairy industry.
15.02.08
Paid pension scheme trustees: the new money laundering requirements
The money laundering regime requires certain service providers, including some paid pension scheme trustees, to have in place systems to prevent money laundering as well as to report any suspicious transactions to the Serious Organised Crime Agency.15.02.08
The Competition Commission (CC) has just issued a press release in relation to its long-awaited provisional remedies decision. According to Wragge & Co antitrust partner Bernardine Adkins, this matter isn't as straightforward as many commentators believe.
13.02.08
Competency under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 and how to assess it
Under the new Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 clients must ensure that their proposed CDM co-ordinator, designers, principal contractor and contractors are competent.12.02.08
Pension Protection Fund (PPF) voluntary certificates: the deadlines approach!
The deadlines are fast approaching for employers and trustees to ensure that they are paying the lowest pension protection levy for 2008/09 as possible.08.02.08
The courts continue to grapple with the question: who employs the agency worker? Are they employees of the agency, the end-user, or neither?
08.02.08
All change - UKIPO's practice in rejecting all computer program claims is wrong
Since the Court of Appeal judgment in Aerotel/Macrossan, UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has been refusing computer program patent claims, despite allowing corresponding method and apparatus claims on the basis...08.02.08
Fixed and floating charge holders cannot participate in prescribed part for shortfalls
Secured creditors with an unsecured shortfall cannot claim a share of the prescribed part of the floating charge realisations set aside for unsecured creditors under Section 176A of the Insolvency Act 1986.08.02.08
Partnerships between the public and the private sectors often involve a TUPE transfer of employees from the public body to the contractor.
01.02.08
Let's get ready to rumble - Important changes in Commercial Court practice from February 2008
Changes are coming into force in the Commercial Court from 1 February 2008. Parties and their advisers will be expected to be familiar with the changes and to conduct litigation accordingly.
