STOP PRESS: 1st prosecution under the Bribery Act 2010
An administrative clerk at Redbridge Magistrates’ Court, who allegedly accepted £500 for fixing a motoring offence, has become the first person to be prosecuted under the Bribery Act 2010.
Freeth Cartwright LLP
Commerical Contract Series - June 2011
Many contracts for the sale of goods contain a clause stating that the transfer of the title to the goods is in some way conditional. The condition for transfer is usually the purchaser’s payment of the purchase price for the goods or the purchaser’s payment of all outstanding sums due to the supplier, not just the monies owed for those particular goods (an “all monies” clause). The purpose of retaining title in this way is usually to give suppliers the ability to reclaim goods for which they have not been paid from insolvent purchasers. These clauses are generally known as “Retention of Title” or “RoT” clauses.
Education Review - June 2011
Welcome to our Education Review
Our dedicated Education team has a thorough understanding of the operational challenges you face and includes individuals who have been working in Education institutions both delivering legal advice and contributing to the management.
In this issue we look at the Bribery Act 2010; look ahead to proposed changes to the student immigration system; and we consider the open Government Licence and what this means for the Education sector.
Philippa Dempster
Head of Education Group
0845 274 6901
philippa.dempster@freethcartwright.co.uk
Compliant trading online - May 2011
To many, the internet remains an open range where businesses can deal with the world at large free of the constraints of regulation and consumer rights. They’re wrong…..
What’s new? - May 2011
Hot topics this month…
• Advertising Campaigns
• 2012 Olympics
Bribery Act 2010 - The final stretch
At last, a final date for implementation of the Bribery Act 2010 has been announced - 1 July 2011. The delay has been caused by revisions needed to the government’s draft guidance on the procedures which commercial organisations can put into place to prevent persons associated with them from bribing others.
Streetwise - April 2011
Give them WHAT?
OK, so between us we have done our best to settle a dispute without incurring the cost of issuing proceedings but we have no deal. Sometimes there is no other way to get what we want than to go to court. In this issue I am going to look at how businesses and entrepreneurs can order their lives to improve their position if they end up in a court case.
I love documents. My greatest victories have been won because of them. Judges like them too. They don’t have memory lapses, get hangovers or fail to turn up on the day. What they said on Monday, they still say on Friday and most of all, generally they were created before parties knew they were going to have a punch up so Judges find them reliable evidence of what actually happened. Unlike most European countries, in our legal system, there comes a point in a case when the parties are required to tell the other side every document they each have that is relevant to the issues. We call it disclosure. This is a quick tour round what “every” means and how, if you look after your records you can avoid shooting yourself in the foot whilst having good evidence of your side of the story.
Christine Oxenburgh
0845 634 1739
christine.oxenburgh@freethcartwright.co.uk
What’s new? - February 2011
Hot topics this month
• Hidden Internet Advertising
• Product Placement
• Small Print in Poster Advertising
