by Steve O'Connell | Nov 25, 2022 | Blog |
Is your business captured by the current or proposed changes to the NIS REGULATIONS? Background Cybersecurity has received a lot of attention in data protection circles for some time. The connection is obvious. Personal data is held in the cloud, on a network,...
by Steve O'Connell | Oct 13, 2022 | Blog, Data Protection |
The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill 2022-2023, was introduced to Parliament on 18 July 2022. Currently, as part of the law-making process, it is taking its passage through the House of Commons before it continues its journey through to the House of Lords...
by Steve O'Connell | Sep 22, 2022 | Blog, Business Contracts |
Terms and Conditions Many businesses now use Standard Terms and Conditions (STCs) as their document of choice to record the basis on which they sell their goods or services. It’s common practice not to get STCs signed but to refer to them in sales documents or send a...
by Steve O'Connell | Jun 23, 2022 | Blog, Business Contracts |
Software development projects are often complex and whilst a good contract supports a project, it is also important to ensure that the project is robustly managed, especially in relation to scope creep (see 1 below). 1.Scope Creep We’ve all been there. You are...
by Steve O'Connell | Jun 18, 2022 | Blog, Data Protection |
As a longstanding proponent of the law of bleedin’ common sense, I was delighted to read this case recently. In Rolfe v Veale Wasbrough Vizards LLP 2021, the claimant was claiming distress due to an email chasing outstanding private school fees being wrongly sent to...
by Steve O'Connell | Jun 10, 2022 | Blog, Business Contracts |
Most businesses understand the need to get a set of terms and conditions in place to set out the basis on which they sell their goods and/or services. This, however, is only half the story. Many businesses who have taken the step to have bespoke terms and conditions...