by Steve O'Connell | Sep 29, 2021 | Case Corner |
When a buyer for Superdrug emailed a supplier, he ended up costing Superdrug £1.3m! The issue for Superdrug was that they were bound by a minimum commitment that they didn’t expect. What happened… Athena was a relatively small supplier who had negotiated...
by Steve O'Connell | Sep 21, 2021 | Data Protection |
There are very few instances where data protection law says “you must do this”. Instead it uses language such as “appropriate”, meaning it is for businesses to decide what this means for them. We understand that this can be frustrating but there is reason that the law...
by Steve O'Connell | Sep 21, 2021 | Blog |
In the beginning…. In 1999 when the then named Inland Revenue released its 35th press release of the 1999 Budget, it is unlikely anyone would have predicted that the rather innocuous term “IR35” ( the 35th press release of the Inland Revenue) would be still be very...
by Steve O'Connell | Sep 21, 2021 | Business Contracts |
3 top tips for non lawyers In our last Bloody Contracts blog, we explained that businesses do not have to be beholden to lawyers to deal with contracts. In a subsequent webinar, we gave some insights into how legal systems are set up in larger business to manage risk...
by Steve O'Connell | Sep 12, 2021 | Data Protection |
Large data protection breaches and fines grab headlines. For example, Amazon revealed that they have been fined €746million (although the details of exactly what this relates to haven’t been revealed) and there is also news of a breach experienced by T-Mobile...
