Snapshots Summer 2022
A roundup of key legal developments for the modern commercial lawyer.
Snapshots seeks to cover everything the commercial lawyer needs to know from the previous quarter, aiming to address all the major changes affecting commercial law, from the key cases to data, digital, consumer and advertising developments.
Commercial
- UK High Court holds that a variation clause was ambiguous as to if it prevented oral modifications
- Exclusion clauses: Wasted expenditure distinct from loss of profit (Court of Appeal)
- Contractual interpretation: High Court upholds the importance of business sense when interpreting ambiguous provisions
Data
- ICO fines Clearview AI over £7.5m for facial recognition database
- ICO launches AI and Data Protection Toolkit
- DCMS launches consultation on intervention into app security and privacy
- ECJ allows consumer protection associations to bring actions for data protection rights infringement
- European Commission and US announce “in principle” agreement on Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework
Consumer
Digital
Advertising
- HFSS product restrictions to be delayed by a year
- ASA cracks down on objectification of men and women in advertising
- Tesco Mobile ads banned for using rude words
- Ban on gambling and lottery ads with a “strong” appeal to under 18s
- World Federation of Advertisers releases six principles to help marketers avoid “greenwashing”
- DCMS explores regulatory gaps in influencer marketing
- CAP and BCAP launch consultation on the advertising of alcohol alternatives