As Ofcom begins enforcing the Online Safety Act, we review the Illegal Harms Codes of Practice and their impact on service providers.
BelfastOn 5 March 2025, the High Court in England and Wales held that a consumer was entitled to her £1m ‘Monster Jackpot’ due to inconsistencies created by a multi-document contract.
BelfastOn 26 August 2024, the Dutch Data Protection Authority, imposed a fine of €290m on Uber BV and Uber Technologies Inc.
BelfastThe UK Government’s Department for Business and Trade have launched a public consultation on the Commercial Agents Regulations 1993, with a view to potentially deregulating this area of law.
Commercial & Technology BelfastPaddington Bear, the friendly spectacled bear from “darkest Peru”, has a habit of getting into trouble. However, it was Paddington and Company Limited and Pixdene Limited that got into a sticky situation in relation to an audit clause in their contract. Read more
BelfastOn 10 September 2021, the UK government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport ('DCMS') published their proposed reforms to the UK’s data protection regime in a document entitled, Data: A new direction.
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The UK ICO has released guidance for data controllers on complying with their data protection obligations during the COVID-19 pandemic. In doing so, the ICO has recognised that data controllers' resources may be stretched at the moment and diverted away from compliance or information governance matters.
COVID-19
As countries continue to respond to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, employers are understandably under pressure to ensure they protect their employees, react appropriately and ensure steps taken are in line with national guidance. The UK has announced that it has moved from phase 1 "containment" to phase 2, seeking to "delay" the peak of the outbreak.
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In this three part series we review wider considerations for employers which, whilst falling outside the ambit of routine employment law issues, are worth noting. This article addresses inventions created by employees.
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In Part 1, we looked at judgments from the Crown Court and High Court in Northern Ireland dealing with a source disclosure order and an interim application concerning Facebook. In Part 2, we consider the Court of Appeal's judgment involving reporting restriction orders and Sir John Gillen's report into the law on serious sexual offences.
Disputes
It was a relatively quiet year, with only three published judgments from the Northern Ireland courts (the same as in 2018). There was one Court of Appeal case, involving reporting restriction orders, with the Crown Court and High Court delivering judgments dealing with a source disclosure order and 'revenge porn' images.
DisputesThe UK's first multimedia motion mark was registered earlier this year, following, in the shadow of technological advances, a raft of changes to European trade mark laws.
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