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7th July 2023Is a signature necessary to complete a contract?
Yesterday, my colleague mused whether her client could sign a contract using her "known as" name rather than her given name. A number of us agreed "yes, she could," after all, a signature is merely evidence of agreement and not a pre-requisite to agreement.
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29th June 2023Ad industry tips on getting the best value for digital ads
The Association of National Advertisers ("ANA"), which is the US equivalent of ISBA and the US advertising industry's oldest and largest trade association, recently released its report on the state of "open web" programmatic media buying and advertising.
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22nd June 2023
Mental Health – Reasonable Adjustments
Despite the fact that ACAS published their guidance aimed at helping employers and employees to understand workplace adjustments for mental health at the end of April 2023 this year, I have discovered that this is still not well known. It is for this reason that I have chosen to highlight it again in case anyone has missed it.
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22nd June 2023Finding a fair balance for subscribers
Yesterday, I spotted two articles on the BBC about subscription contracts. Subscription models (or importantly regular repeat revenue models) are highly prized by financiers and have thus become the preferred business model for consumer contracts.
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2nd June 2023Suppliers to the Media Industry would benefit from focussing on ESG now
Suppliers to the media industry would benefit from establishing clear ESG policies, and ensuring that they have them in place for both themselves and their sub-contractors if they want to pitch for new established media clients and retain existing ones.
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31st May 2023A salutary tale for Solicitors? Or an unnecessarily harsh Judgment?
The recent case of Peterson & Anor v Howard De Walden Estates Ltd and the subsequent appeal decision is a salutary tale for the solicitors profession - but was the Court's decision too harsh?
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26th May 2023How to get the best out of being yourself!
In the current climate, with offices, businesses and their people trying to return to a new normal, many people may be evaluating what they want to do and what makes them happy and are they feeling fulfilled.
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5th May 2023GDPR: big change for small claims
GDPR breaches are the new 'slip and trip' cases, served by a wide range of (you might think seedy) firms that specialise in sending out high volumes of low value data protection claims.
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4th May 2023Thinking about becoming a Trustee?
As a firm committed to core values like engaging with and supporting the wider community, the opportunity to become a trustee is something which was of interest to many of us. I have been a trustee of a number of charities, including at Sport England, Spring Impact, the Audit Committee of the Prince's Trust, and most recently on the advisory board of Creative Access.
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