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Enforcement officers

A judgment creditor may enforce its judgment by seizing and selling at auction a debtor’s goods.   In the High Court, a judgment creditor applies to an enforcement officer (formerly called a sheriff)...

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Information Commissioner’s Office set to get tough with public bodies that...

The Information Commissioner’s Office – the UK’s information regulator – is set to get tough with public bodies that fail to comply with the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The Act gives people...

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OFT takes action to address debt management industry

The OFT has identified a number of concerns in relation to the debt management industry.  The consumers may be vulnerable and the issues which confront them can be complex.  There are a number of...

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ICO rules Google has committed a ‘significant breach’

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has ruled that Google committed a significant breach of the Data Protection Act after it inadvertently collected personal data when its cars were driving...

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“We Buy Any Car”…just not at the price you think

We Buy Any Car, the online company that buys cars from consumers for re-sale, has agreed to provide written undertakings as to its future conduct after the OFT claimed that the company’s pricing...

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What happens if a legal mortgage over a residential property is taken in...

Where the underlying main loan secured on land is to be used in connection with a dwelling by the borrower, then it will be a regulated mortgage contract.  Section 23 (1) of the Financial Services and...

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Twitter would comply with court order to reveal user identities

Twitter has stated that it would reveal information about its users if required to do so by a court order or subpoena. This revelation comes as the US-based social networking site is opening up a...

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Star Wars in the Supreme Court, the result – Lucasfilm v Ainsworth, Supreme...

Background Andrew Ainsworth (AA) was hired in 1976 by Lucasfilm (L) to make ‘Stormtrooper’ helmets and armour for the film ‘Star Wars’ which was released in 1977 (later renamed ‘Star Wars: A New...

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Charging orders and competing creditors

This case considered whether to decline to make an interim charging order final if the effect would be to give one creditor priority in enforcing its judgment against other defendants. Unusually there...

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Health sector tops list for focus of data protection regulator’s enforcement

The health sector tops the list of areas targeted for enforcement by the Information Commissioner’s Office. This is in the ICO’s latest information rights strategy. As well as health are the credit and...

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BIS consultation on consumer law enforcement

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has started a consultation on consumer law enforcement powers. The aim of the consultation is to simplify and clarify consumer law in the UK,...

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European Commission sues five countries for failing to implement cookies law

The European Commission is suing five countries for failure to implement the European Union laws that require users’ consent to use of cookies. The laws should have been implemented by May 2011. Only...

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Non-engaging websites set deadline on cookies by ICO

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said in a blog that some websites that have failed to “engage” with the ICO in relation to their use of cookies have been set a deadline for compliance...

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Uncertainty = Unenforceability? Court says not always…

MRI Trading AG v Erdenet Mining Corporation LLC, Court of Appeal The Court of Appeal has upheld the terms of a metal supply contract as enforceable despite parts of the contract lacking certainty as...

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Google braces for impact

Google is set to feel the force of not one, not two, but six European data protection authorities for alleged breaches of European Union data protection laws. Having been given four months to comply...

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ICO publishes Data Protection Regulatory Action Policy with factors when...

The Information Commissioner’s Office has published a Data Protection Regulatory Action Policy, which has set out the factors that the UK’s data protection regulator will weigh up when deciding whether...

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Mike Weatherley MP appointed as IP adviser

The Prime Minister has appointed Mike Weatherley MP as his intellectual property adviser. He will focus in particular on enforcement issues for the creative industries. The MP has experience with the...

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