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March



• 10.03.10 - Former directors who set up in competition: the first post-Companies Act 2006 case comes to light
  
• 10.03.10 - Rights of residency of child's primary carer
  
• 10.03.10 - Through the Looking Glass: make sure your liability clause means what you want it to mean
  
• 09.03.10 - FIT and RHI: new acronyms to conjure with
  
• 08.03.10 - What do you do when you haven't got time to consult?
  
• 05.03.10 - Reproduction of Opel logo on imitation toy cars does not infringe trade mark rights
  
• 04.03.10 - Local authorities: the new generators?
  
• 04.03.10 - The innocent purchaser v the innocent finance company: who gets better title?
  
• 03.03.10 - Consultation on supermarket regulator
  
• 03.03.10 - Premium and Standard Listings: the two-tier UK Listing Regime
  
• 01.03.10 - An end to the AGA Saga?
  

February



• 26.02.10 - Banking update: report and review on recent cases and issues
  
• 25.02.10 - Two contracts, two clauses - what happens?
  
• 24.02.10 - Purdah - public bodies in the pre-election period
  
• 22.02.10 - Defined Contribution - focus on investment governance
  
• 17.02.10 - Dilution of vodka prevented by High Court
  
• 17.02.10 - Before you charge in - part 2. Governing law and jurisdiction - how to save yourself a headache at the outset
  
• 15.02.10 - Property Update - February 2010
  
• 12.02.10 - Upstream without a paddle
  
• 11.02.10 - Not so fine! £500,000 fine for corporate manslaughter and £100,000 fine for health and safety offences causing death.
  
• 09.02.10 - 'Fit notes' to be introduced from 6 April
  
• 08.02.10 - Feathering the NEST egg - the final shape of workplace pension reform
  
• 08.02.10 - Reporting under POCA - the need for a human process and clear audit trail
  
• 01.02.10 - Public equity financing: a new era?
  

January



• 29.01.10 - Words, words, words: the use of general words to incorporate arbitration provisions
  
• 28.01.10 - Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive - update
  
• 28.01.10 - Dr Reddy v Eli Lilly: the Court of Appeal consigns the old UK legal test for the validity of selection patents to history and looks to Europe for the answer
  
• 28.01.10 - Terms to be imposed into supplier:retailer grocery contracts
  
• 27.01.10 - Sky proves fraud against EDS
  
• 26.01.10 - What lies beneath