The Business Secretary, Vince Cable, has announced principles to be used when introducing European measures into UK law.

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has laid before Parliament a draft order specifying provisions that must be included in the initial obligations code about payment by copyright owners and internet service providers of contributions towards costs incurred under the Copyright Infringement Notification provisions of the Communications Act 2003, inserted by the Digital Economy Act 2010.

Consistent with its previous opinions, the Article 29 Working Party does not consider the on-line Industry’s recommendations on online behavioural advertising are acceptable.

Landlords of any assured shorthold tenancy ("AST") have been dealt another blow by the courts, following the decision in Gardner v McCusker.

This landmark High Court ruling at the end of June will provide comfort to landlords and occupiers using empty rates avoidance tactics.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer's Autumn Statement on 3 December 2014 announced radical changes to the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) regime.

In September last year, more than twenty commercial property owners signed up to the Better Buildings Partnership Climate Change Commitment.

The annual Mining Indaba conference is being held in Cape Town, South Africa from 6 to 9 February 2012.

On 8 May 2015, the Regulation of the Law on Personal Data Protection was published in Peru and which bears considerable similarity to the Spanish data protection law.

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (CBP) has recently imposed an incremental penalty on Google in respect of its breach of the Dutch Data Protection Act in respect of its privacy policy which is ambiguous and unclear in respect of the way in which personal data is collected, processed and shared between the differing Google services.

A discussion on the doctrine of the corporate veil, analysed in the light of a recent court decision.

OFT obtains undertakings from fitness club operators

SF sought to enforce a loan note guarantee by HSR.

Despite the headline grabbing relaxations to pension death benefit charges, the Chancellor has missed an opportunity in the Autumn Statement to help the UK’s hard pressed charities sector.

The recent case of JIB Group Limited v The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs [2012] UKFTT 547 (TC) has confirmed the position regarding input and output VAT for independent trustees.

The Pensions Regulator has issued Guidance to trustees of defined benefit pension schemes reminding them of the importance of identifying their statutory employers.

Football Dataco organised professional football matches in England and Scotland.

This case shows some limit on a victim's obligations to mitigate loss.

BSkyB alleged that Digital Satellite had infringed its database rights by using substantial quantities of customer data that had been unlawfully be obtained from Sky’s customer databases.

The announcement that John Lewis is considering a move into mixed use affordable rental housing might sound puzzling but could make good business sense.