Category Archives: IT Outsourcing
A never ending story
There are some words or phrases that have been in use for so long within certain types of contracts that you would think everyone knew what they meant. Sadly, this is not case. BMS Computer Solutions Limited and AB Agri … Continue reading
Filed under Commercial, Intellectual Property, IT Outsourcing
Key personnel?
For some reason that has never been explained to us simple commercial lawyers, commercial law is rarely recognised as one area of law. This means that cases in one field of contractual law can easily be missed by another. For example, … Continue reading
Filed under Commercial, IT Outsourcing
IT: Core (In)Competence?
This morning we heard the news that the Dunfermline Building Society will not be supported by HM Treasury. Is this just another financial services disaster? Maybe, but as commercial lawyers we were drawn to the reports that the reported loss … Continue reading
Filed under Commercial, IT Outsourcing
Data security – the law is closing in!
The relatively relaxed regime under the Data Protection Act is being augmented by more and more legislation setting out prescribed protections for data security. As well as the new ss. 77 and 144 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act … Continue reading
Filed under Commercial, Data Protection, IT Outsourcing
M&S Data Protection Pants?
A very interesting enforcement notice has been published by the Information Commissioner against Marks & Spencer plc – see here. The case itself is a classic – a theft of an unsecured laptop from a data processor (in this case, … Continue reading
Filed under Data Protection, IT Outsourcing
Public Procurement Thresholds – Currency Conversion
If you are struggling with the relevant currency conversion rates that apply to the Euro thresholds that apply for public procurement contracts after 1 January 2008, have no fear. The Commission has published a table of the threshholds in all non-Eurozone … Continue reading
Filed under Commercial, IT Outsourcing
Public Procurement Thresholds Revised Down
The EU threshholds for public procurement obligations in the Utilities Directive and Public Sector Directive have been lowered in a Regulation published earlier this week. The thresholds for supply and services contracts for central government authorities are reduced by €4,000 to €133,000, … Continue reading
Filed under Commercial, IT Outsourcing
OGC Model Contracts
At a joint Intellect/OGC conference yesterday on IT & Procurement, Mark Pedlingham of OGC announced that version 2.2 of the Model Contracts would be published in April 2008. I will post a summary of the conference shortly.
Filed under Commercial, IT Outsourcing
New regulatory considerations for outsourcing in financial sector
There are 2 important additional regulatory regimes that must now be considered when advising on outsourcings in the financial sector; not only on new outsourcings, but for existing outsourced arrangements.
Filed under IT Outsourcing
Andrew Sharpe
