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Jan

2010

IP, Technology & Data

Sky V. EDS – Misrepresentation Claims Side-Step Classic Breach Of Contract Defences

A mere 18 months after the case finished the judgement in Sky.v EDS has been published. To be fair to the judge it is a massive 450 page judgement. The case arose out of a failed IT implementation by EDS (now part of HP) for BSkyB (it was a Siebel CRM implementation for you techies… Read more »

Posted by IP and Technology

On January 29, 2010

Jan

2010

Planning & Environment

Appeals and reviews – beware of the rebound

Here’s another alarming stat: since 3rd August last year, almost 10 percent of all appeals submitted have been bounced by DPEA, because an application for a review should have been made to a Local Review Body instead. This might be just a teething problem. However, planning authorities’ Schemes of Delegation often make it difficult to identify… Read more »

Posted by Planning & Environment

On January 29, 2010

Jan

2010

Planning & Environment

On Christmas Day my true love sent to me … an appeal response?

A wry smile about correspondence on the DPEA website about a deadline falling on Christmas Day. The new appeal procedures set strict deadlines for responses from planning authorities, objectors and appellants. They do not allow for any relaxation of deadlines – not for illness, trips abroad, public holidays – nothing. However, the line that the reporters took in… Read more »

Posted by Planning & Environment

On January 29, 2010

Jan

2010

Planning & Environment

Quicker appeal decisions or rough justice?

I was curious about the extent to which DPEA are exercising the new power to decide appeals without any further procedure other than the appeal paperwork. So I checked using the information on their website. To my surprise, of 307 appeals submitted since the new system took effect on 3rd August 2009, only one case… Read more »

Posted by Planning & Environment

On January 29, 2010

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