Pecuniary Remedies in UK Law
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Clyde Procure Alert: Too Good To Be True? 'Free' Contracts And Public Procurement
... ... directives, define a public contract as "contracts for pecuniary interest concluded in writing between one or more economic operators and ... amount to an illegal direct award, vulnerable to a range of legal remedies ... The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide ... ...
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UK Residents Can Sue Google Inc In England For Misuse Of Private Information
... ... be broader implications from its conclusions, for example as to remedies, limitation and vicarious liability and such points will need to be ... "damage" and found that it does not distinguish between pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage. There was no linguistic reason to interpret the ... ...
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Landmark Decision In Vidal-Hall v Google Inc
... ... The implications this will have as to remedies, limitation periods and vicarious liability will be considered as and when ... section 13(2) of the DPA, which limits the right to non-pecuniary damages, on the grounds that this conflicts with the rights granted in ... ...
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UK Court of Appeal Establishes Data Protection Rights in Privacy Case
A recent English Court of Appeal judgment could significantly broaden the circumstances in which data protection litigation can be brought – and damages can be awarded – under English law. Backgrou...... ... of a claim for misuse of private information; whether pecuniary loss is an essential element in order to bring a claim for damages under ... as a tort may have broader implications, such as in relation to remedies (under which damages would no longer be discretionary), limitation periods ... ...
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English Court of Appeal Decision Significantly Expands UK Privacy Law
Dan Cooper and Phil Bradley-Schmieg On March 27, 2015, the England and Wales Court of Appeal (EWCA) handed down a historic judgment in Google Inc v. Vidal-Hall & Ors [2015] EWCA Civ 311, with signi...... ... distress) in the absence of pecuniary (financial) damage, must be disregarded. These findings will have ... also having important consequences regarding vicarious liability, remedies, and limitation. The latter dramatically lowers the bar for litigation ... ...
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SEC: Time Out?
... ... for the enforcement of any civil fine, penalty, or forfeiture, pecuniary or otherwise." Since the Supreme Court case of Gabelli v SEC in 2013, the ... in New Jersey threw the SEC's case out on the basis that the remedies sought were still punitive in nature; the sanctions sought would ... ...
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Media And Communications Claims - Essential Conduct Before Starting A Claim
... ... parties, the remedies sought and the basis of the claim and also ... details of any funding ... statement caused special damage or pecuniary loss, alternatively, ... why the statement is actionable without proof of ... ...
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Limitation of liability – wasted expenditure or loss of profits?
In a recent decision on contractual interpretation of limitation of liability clauses, an ambiguous limitation of liability clause was found to be enforceable and ‘wasted expenditure’ was held to b...... ... that the ‘contractual benefit’ lost by the Trust was non-pecuniary rather than financial; the rebuttable presumption was not that the system ... against the parties having agreed to give up or limit their remedies for breach of contract; provided the words are clear, the court will ... ...
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OCG Publish New Guidance On Land Development Agreements
... ... a contractor to carry out that work or works? Is there some pecuniary interest for carrying out this work (not necessarily a cash payment)? If ... Impact of the new Remedies Directive A series of very recently adopted amendments to the Public ... ...
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The Two Towers: Land Transactions And Concessions - Public Procurement
... ... a lower bid and challenged the grant of the leases under the remedies provisions of the Concession Contract Regulations 2017 ("CCR") claiming a ... 3 states that a services concession contract is a contract "for pecuniary interest concluded in writing by means of which one or more contracting ... ...
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