J&S Security had a leaflet promoting its security guards with an image of a man in a fluorescent jacket, with text saying: ‘Fully uniformed guards, all guards are SIA Licensed.’

The Digital Economy Bill has been passed by the House of Commons without much chance for Parliamentary debate with the aim of getting it on the statute books before the General Election – a process known as ‘wash up’.

Under the European Union's Directive on distance selling, which has been implemented into English law through the Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000, consumers have certain rights when entering into contracts at a distance, such as over the Internet, telephone of postal order.

ELC sold summer school places for language courses. It had agreed with the University in seven annual written contracts for the University to provide accommodation for the school.

The European Commission is consulting over rules concerning the re-use of certain public information. Its purpose is to encourage use of mapping, legal and other information.

Joop! has lost its legal battle to get a solitary exclamation mark registered as a European Community Trade Mark.

F sued L for allegedly infringing F’s patented folding loft stairs.

The two founders of Skype - the Internet telephone service - and their company, Joltid, are suing eBay, which bought the Skype service for US$3 billion in 2005.

Ofcom – the communications regulator – has asked call centres to be more sensitive to the needs of disabled callers and warned that their failure to do so could leave them in breach of the Disability Discrimination Act.

Two Internet Service Providers - Akanoc Solutions And Managed Solutions – Together With The Person Running Them (Steven Chen) Have Been Ordered By A US Jury To Pay $32m For Trade Mark And Copyright Infringement Carried Out By The People Operating Web Sites Which They Were Hosting.

YouTube - the popular video-sharing site - is to launch a new Partner Program to share profits with individuals who post popular videos.

The Information Commissioner’s Office – the regulator in charge of enforcing data protection laws in the UK – has come down hard on three councils after they failed to protect the security of personal data for which they were the data controllers.

Asda is taking on the dominant might of Umbro after the supermarket bought official England shirts from the European Union grey market for re-sale in the UK – at half of Umbro’s recommended retail price.

The European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, has fully supported the concept of net neutrality, as she prepared to launch a consultation on how to protect it.

Last year, the European Union published a Citizens’ Rights Directive amending the 2002 Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive.

The Office of Fair Trading has taken action against five websites that the OFT allege misled consumers into paying a fee for a free health card.

The Institute of Directors has recently published guidance and principles on corporate governance for unlisted companies in the EU.

The European Union Committee of the House of Lords has published a report rejecting a proposal to have a harmonised form of contract law at EU level.

In general, people cannot get out of a bad bargain. They generally cannot claim that they were left with no alternative but to sign up to a contract that is contrary to their interests.

Under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (more commonly known as TUPE), employees are automatically transferred when there is a relevant transfer.