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Additional Works
This recent decision considered a situation where a contractor
completed further substantial works on the basis of an architect’s
instruction. The instruction was found at arbitration to have contractual effect as varying the existing contract, and the parties were found to have agreed the entirety of the
bill items and rates relating to the additional works 01.04.04 Law-Now

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ID Cards Comprehensive explanation of all aspects of the draft ID cards bill, with details on data protection and privacy 27.04.04 Masons, Data Protection Links
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Data Protection In 11 days time the EU almost doubles in size with 10 new countries joining.
What does this mean for data protection law in Europe? 15.04.04 Eversheds
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Childrens Bill On the 4th March 2004 the government introduced the Children's Bill in the House of Lords, with the aim of improving the coordination and
accountability of all agencies responsible for the wellbeing of children 15.04.04 Eversheds
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Offshoring of Data MEPs from across the UK will challenge the European Commission today to protect British consumers whose personal data is being transferred to India, warning that offshore outsourcing "is an accident waiting to happen." 05.04.04 Masons
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Budget SDLT Changes A number of changes to SDLT were announced in the
Budget. Most of these are effective from 17 March 2004 but some will apply only from when the Finance Bill receives Royal Assent 02.04.04 Law-Now

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Family Leave Employers are no doubt aware that employees are entitled to a reasonable
amount of leave to deal with certain family problems. However, the legislation contained in the Employment Rights Act 1996 does not define reasonable in terms of frequency of absence 07.04.04 Keeble Hawson
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Maternity Leave The ECJ decides that annual leave from work and maternity leave cannot be at the same time 07.04.04 Keeble Hawson
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Stress In a case with wide-ranging implications for employers and employees, Cloisters has won a House of Lords judgement in the landmark case on workplace stress, Barber v Somerset County Council 01.04.04 Cloisters, Stress Links

Disabled Access Of 1,000 site tested for accessibility for disabled, 81% fail to meet the minimum standard set by the World Wide Web Consortium 14.04.04 Masons, Eversheds, Disability Links
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Computer Misuse Act The All Party Parliamentary Internet Group is currently holding an enquiry to look at how the Computer Misuse Act should be updated to make it more effective 06.04.04 Eversheds
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Spam & Cookies Whilst the UK has now adopted this Directive the European Commission has
just announced that it has taken the next step in enforcement proceedings against eight other countries for failing to notify it of measures adding the Directive into their national laws 05.04.04 Eversheds, Spam Links
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Biologics Patents With patents for biotechnology-derived medicinal products
("Biologics") fast approaching expiry, many manufacturers are gearing themselves up towards the production of biological
therapies that are similar to existing and approved biological therapies ("Biosimilars") 02.04.04 Law-Now
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Cybersmearing Overview of the problem of cybersmearing and what can be done 02.04.04 Eversheds

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SDLT On the sale of land with existing buildings, stamp duty was payable on the total purchase price (and for SDLT the position is the same); this is because in law buildings are considered to form a part of the land and therefore part of the land transaction 05.04.04 Law-Now


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