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- Introduction
- Areas of expertise:
- Food labelling, advertising and sales
- Food composition
- European food regulation
- Product liability and product recalls
- Environment and packaging
- Health and safety
- Competition
- Defending prosecutions
- Corporate finance
- Commercial contracts
- Commercial disputes
- Liability claims management
- Human resources
- Tax
- Franchising
- Brand and other IP protection
Food briefings
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Labelling, regulatory and composition
| Title | Publication date |
|---|---|
| Food for thought - Preparing for the Food Information Regulation | 20 December 2011 |
| Bisphenol A – A global approach? | 20 December 2011 |
| Health Claims to come of age – The draft List, finally created, and now open for consultation | 04 October 2011 |
| New EU Labelling Regulations | 29 June 2011 |
| Key legal changes for labelling - a webinar on the practical implications for the food and drink industry | 31 May 2011 |
| EFSA’s health claim rejections aren’t just baffling consumers | 31 May 2011 |
| Freedom of Information - Government proposals | 31 January 2011 |
| Snapshot for Food and Drink | 06 September 2010 |
| Is this farewell to the "Two Tier" Code? | 31 August 2010 |
| CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme - where are you up to? | 29 July 2010 |
Product liability and recalls
| Title | Publication date |
|---|---|
| Product recall: avoiding the headlines | 08 July 2009 |
| Trends in recalls are likely to increase | 20 March 2007 |
| Lessons from product recalls in the food sector | 23 January 2006 |
| Para Red - the latest blow to the FSA | 06 May 2005 |
| To recall or not recall | 22 April 2005 |
| Sudan 1 recall - open letter to Retail Week | 22 March 2005 |
| Premier Foods recall will have Europe-wide consequences, says Eversheds | 18 February 2005 |
| Dasani failure - was the supply chain to blame? | 02 April 2004 |
Advertising, branding and intellectual property
| Title | Publication date |
|---|---|
| Social media putting food and drink businesses at risk | 20 December 2011 |
| Food and drink sector legal update: Happy Birthday, Patents County Court | 26 October 2011 |
| “Diamond Jubilee” Brands | 04 October 2011 |
| Update on use of competitor’s brand as Google AdWords | 30 September 2011 |
| New EU food labelling rules settled at last | 29 July 2011 |
| Patent Box - Positive Progress | 29 July 2011 |
| Court of Appeal allows appeal in trade mark “threats” proceedings | 29 July 2011 |
| Advertising "letting children be children" | 29 July 2011 |
| The Hargreaves Report: Digital Opportunity- A Review of Intellectual Property and Growth | 31 May 2011 |
| The Hargreaves Report - a review of IP and growth | 31 May 2011 |
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Employment
| Title | Publication date |
|---|---|
| Internal Employee Fraud | 31 January 2012 |
| Seminar on contracts: common pitfalls and how to avoid them | 20 December 2011 |
| Annual leave – clarification by the Supreme Court | 20 December 2011 |
| Food retailers to help pilot major scheme for tribunal reform | 20 December 2011 |
| Food and drink sector legal update - Employment Tribunal reform: next steps and other measures | 29 November 2011 |
| Food and drink sector legal update - CJEU rules on right to carry over holiday accrued whilst on long term sick | 29 November 2011 |
| Food and drink sector legal update: Holidays and sickness – latest ruling | 29 November 2011 |
| Food and drink sector legal update: October employment law changes | 26 October 2011 |
| Food and drink sector legal update: Fewer Employment Tribunal claims in 2010-11 | 26 October 2011 |
| Employment status – beware sham contract terms | 31 August 2011 |
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Environment
| Title | Publication date |
|---|---|
| Food and drink sector legal update: Changes to the EPC Regulations | 29 November 2011 |
| Food and Drink Sector Legal Update: Important CRC Update - July 2011 | 14 July 2011 |
| Last Orders for the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme? | 09 February 2011 |
| CRC - proposed extension of introductory phase | 26 November 2010 |
| Recent Developments Under California’s Proposition 65 Affecting the Food Industry | 27 October 2010 |
| Change Ahead for Grocery Retailers | 01 September 2010 |
| Director disqualification: OFT toughens up approach | 29 July 2010 |
| Decline in trade union membership continues | 29 July 2010 |
Corporate, M&A and finance
| Title | Publication date |
|---|---|
| Food in the course of catering and VAT | 29 June 2011 |
| New HSE statistics - Fatalities falling but enforcement notices are on the up | 26 November 2010 |
| Arrangements with competitors | 29 July 2010 |
Health & safety and trading standards
| Title | Publication date |
|---|---|
| Health and safety cost recovery proposals | 31 August 2011 |
| Caught in the Act? Corporate manslaughter webinar | 29 March 2011 |
| Resolving Workplace Disputes: A Consultation | 31 January 2011 |
| Chemicals news for the Food Sector | 26 November 2010 |
Commercial contracts and outsourcing
Dispute management and litigation
| Title | Publication date |
|---|---|
| Food and drink sector legal update: Careless Talk Can Cost Cash | 29 November 2011 |
| Consultation published on the use of restrictive covenants by pub industry | 31 August 2011 |
| Occupiers affected by smells – recent case of Hirose Electrical UK Ltd v Peak Ingredients Ltd (2011) | 31 August 2011 |
| The Law of Unintended Consequences – the risks of challenging administrative law decision-making | 31 August 2011 |
| Real Estate Litigation's Eversheds In Focus... August 2011 | 26 August 2011 |
| Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me | 29 July 2011 |
| Break clauses and vacant possession | 29 July 2011 |
| Bribery Act in force | 29 June 2011 |
| Fresh Court of Appeal guidance on execution of documents by a company | 16 June 2011 |
| Greater powers of enforcement against food businesses | 31 March 2011 |
| CFA and Success fees MGN v UK | 28 February 2011 |
| Retailers to face ban on loss leader drinks | 31 January 2011 |
| Equitable setting off in different currencies | 20 December 2010 |
International
| Title | Publication date |
|---|---|
| Food for thought - Preparing for the Food Information Regulation | 20 December 2011 |
| Food and drink sector legal update: Eversheds pilots ‘Eversheds Agile’ contract lawyer business | 29 November 2011 |
| Food and Drink sector legal update: India to allow foreign supermarkets to open stores | 28 November 2011 |
| A Middle East service with even more horsepower | 31 May 2011 |
| What is worldwide compliance? | 28 February 2011 |
| International food and drink sector key issues for 2011 - Poland | 31 January 2011 |
| International food and drink sector key issues for 2011 - Spain | 31 January 2011 |
| International food and drink sector key issues for 2011 - Italy | 31 January 2011 |
| International food and drink sector key issues for 2011 - Germany | 31 January 2011 |
| International food and drink sector group key issues for 2011 - United Kingdom | 31 January 2011 |
| International food and drink sector key issues for 2011 - France | 31 January 2011 |
Competition
| Title | Publication date |
|---|---|
| Government proposals for overhaul of UK Competition Regime | 28 April 2011 |
| Merger of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and the Competition Commission (CC) | 19 April 2011 |
| Cartels: a compliance tool for directors | 31 March 2011 |
| A more certain landscape? | 20 December 2010 |
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