The ASA Council (Non-broadcast) has recently held a retailer in breach of the CAP Code for having insufficient stock to meet anticipated demand.  It found that internet retailer, Simply Be, has breached the CAP Code clauses 3.1 (Substantiation), 7.1 (Truthfulness), 16.4 (Availability of products), 27.4 (Sales promotion rules) and 30.1 (Availability), by an email it [...]

Posted: August 23rd, 2010 under Business Advisory Services, Business Regulation, Competition Law & Regulatory, Contract, Corporate Defence & Prosecution, Dispute Management, Miscellaneous.
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In a contract between parties situated in different countries, whose law applies? The answer is usually straightforward where the parties have signed a contract which states which law is to apply. In such cases, or where it can be implied that they have chosen a particular country’s law, the chosen law applies. However, in cases [...]

Posted: October 7th, 2009 under Business Advisory Services, Contract.
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A contract in a basic sense can be seen as a benefit (often the payment of money) to one party and a burden (obligations) on the other. Of course, contracts are usually more complex than this with a series of interlinked benefits and burdens. But the concept of benefits and burdens is important to understanding when [...]

Posted: November 19th, 2007 under Contract.
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