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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has published its much awaited judgment on the privilege position of in-house lawyers who advise on competition investigations.

There have been two cases in which the High Court has made an order which entitles a contracting authority to enter into a contract following a tender

With the increase in the available technology, it is becoming more common for employees to make covert recordings of disciplinary and grievance hearings.

Last September, the Regulator published a set of draft regulations which put the onus on trustees and scheme managers to monitor closely the payments by employers to AE schemes.

Courts will examine restrictions closely, as they do not want to prevent a former employee from earning a living.

Draft proposals by the European Commission’s for reform of the European data protection regime have been leaked.

CMA proposing to refer construction materials merger

The Judge considered that, as a matter of construction, the parties intended the contracting party to be the main operating company of CCC and it corrected the error.

The High Court considered the appropriate test for implying terms into an agreement.

Companies can be convicted of the offence of corporate manslaughter under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.

In Merlin Financial Consultants v Cooper the High Court upheld a UK-wide 12- month non-competition restriction in a "good-will agreement".

In order to allow schemes to pay a member’s annual allowance charge directly from its assets, the Occupational Pension Schemes (Assignment, Forfeiture, Bankruptcy etc) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 are due to come in to effect from 11 August 2011.

To assist smaller employers understand their auto enrolment duties, the Regulator has launched an online toolkit.

The Case Concerned A Clause Under Which The Vendor Of An Accountancy Business Agreed That He Would Not "Canvass, Solicit Or Endeavour To Entice Away" Any Clients. The Purchaser Alleged That This Covenant Had Been Breached.

The Upper Tribunal Court has rejected an application by various Lehman companies to strike out an application by the trustees to challenge the original decision by the Pension Regulator’s Determinations Panel.

The Registered Pension Scheme (Lifetime Allowance Transitional Protection) Regulations 2011 were issued on 20 July and came into force on 11 August.

The final session of parliament before the summer break dealt with the impact of switching from RPI from CPI referred to in our previous bulletin and saw the Bill pass through the Committee stage.