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                <title>UK Legal Update - Spring 2026</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In the Spring edition of our biannual update, we review recent developments in UK law and practice and scan the horizon for future changes which may have an impact on businesses operating in or trading with the UK.]]></description>
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                            Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:34:14 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Insights for In-house Counsel - Spring 2026</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Our regular round-up of recent and forthcoming developments in law and practice for in-house counsel.]]></description>
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                            Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:25:12 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>UK&#x27;s data protection reforms take effect - a new era for automated decision-making</title>
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                            Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:16:41 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>The EBA&#x27;s proposed expansion of third-party risk management requirements</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The European Banking Authority (EBA) is preparing to usher in a Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)-style regime, but this time for non-ICT third-party arrangements. Its proposed draft guidelines significantly expand its former 2019 outsourcing guidelines and will lead to an overhaul of third-party risk management within EU financial services. This briefing sets out the key changes and next steps for firms in scope.  If implemented, the new guidelines will introduce a much broader, more...]]></description>
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                            Mon, 03 Nov 2025 13:22:53 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Outsourcing Spotlight &#x2013; Autumn/Winter 2025</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In this issue, we look at how to mitigate risks to outsourcings from cyber-attacks and the implications for customers and service providers of proposed reforms on late payment. We also discuss the Employment Rights Bill, cloud service switching, umbrella companies, what to watch out for in the Budget and AI literacy.]]></description>
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                            Wed, 29 Oct 2025 13:51:28 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>No seriousness threshold for data protection claims &#x2014; but the courts will reject speculative claims</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The recent Court of Appeal decision in Farley v Paymaster (t/a Equiniti) has confirmed that there is no seriousness threshold for harm to qualify for compensation in data protection claims. This potentially makes it more difficult for defendants to dispose of low-value claims at an early stage. The decision should not, however, be seen as a gift to claimants: the courts will give short shrift to far-fetched claims of harm that are not &quot;well-founded&quot;. Our briefing sets out 3 key takeaways for...]]></description>
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                            Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:39:27 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>The EU Data Act: compliance countdown for connected products</title>
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                            Tue, 12 Aug 2025 07:50:17 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>The Data (Use and Access) Act&#x27;s data protection reforms &#x2013; what now?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The Data (Use and Access) Act (DUAA) was a long time in the making: it finally received Royal Assent on 19 June 2025 after weeks of &quot;ping-pong&quot; between the two Houses of Parliament over transparency measures in relation to AI and copyright - measures that were ultimately dropped.  The DUAA includes a package of data protection and e-privacy reforms, introduces frameworks for smart data and digital verification schemes and puts the National Underground Asset Register on a statutory footing.  N...]]></description>
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                            Fri, 11 Jul 2025 12:31:41 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>A new milestone for accessibility &#x2013; the European Accessibility Act now applies</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The European Accessibility Act (EAA) can be enforced by Member States from tomorrow, 28 June 2025.  Impacting businesses across a broad range of sectors, the EAA applies to many categories of consumer products and services, particularly digital technologies, which range from payment terminals and smartphones to consumer banking services and online shops. The aim: to make all these products and services accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities.  While the EAA applies to produ...]]></description>
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                            Fri, 27 Jun 2025 11:36:41 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>A week to go! The European Accessibility Act and its impact on the financial services industry</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[On 28 June 2025, Member States can start enforcing the European Accessibility Act (&quot;EAA&quot;) &#x2013; a deadline which may have crept up on some firms in the banking and financial services sector.  The EAA applies to a broad range of financial services and associated digital technologies, from payment terminals to online banking platforms. This means banks, payment services providers, e-money and other providers of financial services to retail customers must review their customer interfaces, products a...]]></description>
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                            Fri, 20 Jun 2025 12:01:39 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Cyber risks in your supply chain &#x2013; where is your weakest link?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Adidas, The North Face, Cartier and Victoria&#x27;s Secret are the most recent names to join the ranks of retailers &#x2013; most notably Marks &amp; Spencer, Harrods, and the Co-op &#x2013; to be hit by cyber attacks in recent months.  Rich in customer data, with significant resources and a strong reputation to protect, a large retailer is an attractive target for cyber criminals. Complex digital supply chains also increase the potential entry points for attackers: the attacks on Adidas and Marks &amp; Spencer emanate...]]></description>
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                            Tue, 10 Jun 2025 10:48:11 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>The Data Act&#x27;s changes to cloud services contracts &#x2013; tipping the scales on switching</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Customers in the EU on the receiving end of (often) one-sided cloud services contracts should see improvements in the terms they are offered around switching &#x2013; or at least have a strong basis to negotiate better terms.  From 12 September 2025, the EU&#x27;s Data Act will apply directly to the provision of &quot;data processing services&quot;, principally cloud and edge services, into the EU.  The legislation&#x27;s primary aim, as it relates to these services, is to prevent &quot;vendor lock-in&quot; by making it easier f...]]></description>
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                            Sun, 08 Jun 2025 10:47:52 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Outsourcing Spotlight &#x2013; Spring/Summer 2025</title>
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                            Fri, 16 May 2025 12:46:30 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Expiry of PFI deals: risks and opportunities</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[PFI deals have recently been in the news, with headlines about disputes between public sector customers and private sector owners and operators as contracts near their expiry date.  We look at the issues around PFI expiry and the risks and opportunities this presents for private sector involvement in this area.]]></description>
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                            Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:20:46 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Cloud services: What&#x27;s the CMA&#x27;s provisional verdict and why does it matter?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published the provisional decision in its cloud services market investigation.  It provisionally recommends that the cloud service activities of the two largest players, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft, should be investigated using the CMA&#x27;s new powers to regulate Big Tech under the UK&#x27;s Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act.]]></description>
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                            Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:54:40 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Big tech: major cloud providers in the firing line?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is already conducting a market investigation into cloud service providers, including Amazon and Microsoft.  From next year, it will also gain extensive new powers under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (&quot;DMCC Act&quot;).  We look at whether these developments could lead to tougher regulation of major players in cloud services and what that would mean for their customers.]]></description>
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                            Tue, 21 Jan 2025 11:22:09 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>The European Accessibility Act &#x2013; has it slipped under your radar?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Many businesses may not have heard of the European Accessibility Act (&quot;EAA&quot;).  If it has slipped under your radar, now is the time to take note because this legislation has a broad reach across many sectors, significant implications for product and services design (as well as documentation) and a looming compliance deadline.  The EAA becomes applicable from 28 June 2025 and aims to ensure that many categories of consumer products and services, particularly digital technologies &#x2013; ranging from...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Thu, 28 Nov 2024 12:00:52 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>The Data (Use and Access) Bill &#x2013; limited data protection reforms in the pipeline</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The Data (Use and Access) Bill (&quot;DUA Bill&quot;) began its parliamentary journey in the House of Lords on 23 October 2024.  It resurrects many of changes from the previous government&#x27;s Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (&quot;DPDI Bill&quot;), which fell away before the general election.  This briefing focuses on the package of data protection and e-privacy reforms proposed in the DUA Bill, although the bill&#x27;s ambit is much wider than data protection, also covering data sharing and digital verifi...]]></description>
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                            Thu, 07 Nov 2024 10:58:44 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Outsourcing Spotlight - Autumn/Winter 2024</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Welcome to the third edition of the Travers Smith Outsourcing Spotlight. In this issue, we look at the impact on outsourcing of the new Labour Government&#x27;s employment reforms and the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024.  We also discuss a range of other topics including artificial intelligence, smart contracts and a recent Supreme Court decision on force majeure clauses.]]></description>
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                            Thu, 24 Oct 2024 09:21:03 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>AI in service supply and outsourcing contracts: managing the risks</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence tools can be a game changer in outsourcing and other contracts for services - promising big wins in terms of costs, time, accuracy, scalability and productivity, to benefit both sides of the negotiating table.]]></description>
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                            Thu, 27 Jun 2024 16:28:09 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Outsourcing Spotlight - Spring/Summer 2024</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[With an election due in July, the second edition of the Travers Smith Outsourcing Spotlight looks at the likely impact of a Labour Government on outsourcing in the UK.  We also continue our focus on pricing, with a discussion of benchmarking and &quot;best prices&quot; or &quot;most favoured customer&quot; clauses.  And we provide a round-up of outsourcing-related developments in areas ranging from AI, contract and employment law, through to financial services and pensions.]]></description>
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                            Wed, 05 Jun 2024 09:21:25 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>DORA: time to review your ICT contracts</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The EU Regulation on Digital Operational Resilience (DORA) will apply from 17 January 2025 to most financial entities in the EU.  DORA&#x27;s increased focus on third-party risk management includes detailed requirements for provisions that must be included in existing and new ICT contracts.  This briefing concentrates on the contractual requirements imposed by DORA.  Firms have a substantial &quot;to do&quot; list to prepare for DORA over the coming months and, to be ready in time, they should be identifyin...]]></description>
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                            Wed, 31 Jan 2024 10:11:49 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Situation critical: Proposed new rules to regulate Critical Third Parties</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Following the entry into force of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (&quot;FSMA 2023&quot;), the Bank of England, FCA and PRA (the &quot;Regulators&quot;) are consulting on new rules and a joint Supervisory Statement on their new powers to regulate critical third parties (&quot;CTPs&quot;) which are designated by HM Treasury because of their systemic importance to authorised firms and financial market infrastructures (&quot;FMIs&quot;).]]></description>
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                            Thu, 18 Jan 2024 10:19:41 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Guide to Technology &amp; Outsourcing 2023</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Travers Smith has written the UK chapters of the Practical Law and Chambers global outsourcing guides. The chapters cover the latest legal information and many of the key issues to consider on UK outsourcing.]]></description>
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                            Wed, 29 Nov 2023 10:28:13 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/guide-to-technology-outsourcing-2023/</link>
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                <title>The UK-US Data Bridge &#x2013; a new way forward for transatlantic data transfers</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[There&#x27;s a new way for UK businesses to transfer personal data compliantly to the US.  A newly established data bridge, an extension to the EU-US Data Protection Framework (DPF) adopted in July 2023, enables organisations in the UK to transfer personal data to organisations in the US that have certified to the DPF, without putting in place further safeguards, such as standard contractual clauses (SCCs), or carrying out a transfer risk assessment.]]></description>
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                            Thu, 26 Oct 2023 10:58:42 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Outsourcing Spotlight - Autumn 2023</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[This issue of Outsourcing Spotlight highlights a number of hot topics, including as the impact of AI on outsourcing, changes to the UK&#x27;s regimes for data protection and cybersecurity and proposed reforms to UK employment law, including TUPE.  We also discuss pricing issues in the context of the current high inflation environment and a recent case which analyses multiple liability caps.]]></description>
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                            Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:21:58 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Audit clauses and Paddington bear: key lessons from caselaw</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Audit clauses can be a useful tool for verifying compliance with contractual obligations, especially on compliance, pricing and payment issues.   But what are the key drafting considerations?   In this briefing, we look at things to &#x27;bear&#x27; in mind following two disputes involving audit clauses in commercial contracts, one of which centred around Paddington Bear merchandising rights.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 28 Jul 2023 08:29:39 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>The EU-US adequacy decision has landed</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[There&#x27;s now a new route to transfer personal data to the US under EU GDPR &#x2013; for the time being at least.&#xA0; On 10 July 2023 the European Commission adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF).]]></description>
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                            Wed, 12 Jul 2023 12:31:48 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Cost plus and open book pricing:  what to watch out for</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[In an environment where costs are increasingly unpredictable, pricing mechanisms based on the supplier&#x27;s costs plus a margin may seem an attractive option]]></description>
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                            Thu, 01 Jun 2023 16:28:16 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Data Protection and Digital Information (no. 2) Bill</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[UK data protection reform, take 2.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 17 Mar 2023 09:10:34 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Guides to Outsourcing 2022</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Travers Smith has written the UK chapters of the Practical Law and Chambers global outsourcing guides. The chapters cover the latest legal information and many of the key issues to consider on UK outsourcing.]]></description>
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                            Tue, 29 Nov 2022 16:58:02 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>ICO revises guidance on Transfer Risk Assessments</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[On 17 November 2022, the ICO revised its guidance on international transfers, created a new section on transfer risk assessments (TRA) and released a new TRA tool.]]></description>
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                            Fri, 25 Nov 2022 12:22:43 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>On course for an EU-US adequacy decision?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[On 7 October 2022, President Biden issued an Executive Order (EO) that seeks to address the concerns set out in the Schrems II decision about US intelligence agencies&#x2019; access to EU individuals&#x2019; personal data.&#xA0; The EO is a significant step in the direction of an EU-U.S. adequacy decision (expected in Spring 2023, if approved by member states) but, if granted, will that adequacy decision be sufficiently robust to withstand a likely legal challenge?]]></description>
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                            Tue, 25 Oct 2022 14:48:09 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Financial services outsourcing:  UK plans to regulate service providers as well as their customers</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The UK Government is proposing greater regulatory oversight of financial services outsourcings involving &quot;Critical Third Parties&quot; (CTPs). If implemented, these changes will result in CTPs &#x2013; some of which may not regard themselves as part of the finance sector - being regulated directly by financial services supervisory authorities.&#xA0; This would represent a major shift in approach.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Thu, 20 Oct 2022 11:28:26 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Guides to Outsourcing 2021</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Travers Smith has written the UK chapters of the Practical Law and Chambers global outsourcing guides. The chapters cover the latest legal information and many of the key issues to consider on UK outsourcing.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Wed, 17 Nov 2021 13:58:30 &#x2B;0000
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                <link>https://www.traverssmith.com/knowledge/knowledge-container/guides-to-outsourcing-2021/</link>
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                <title>Relational contracts: what are they and why do they matter?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The concept of &quot;relational contracts&quot; is not new but has recently started to crop up more often in judgments on contractual disputes.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Mon, 08 Jul 2019 13:52:57 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Entering into a contract as a supplier</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[This briefing outlines the points to bear in mind when your business is entering into a contract as a supplier of goods and/or services with another business.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 17 May 2019 13:53:51 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Brexit, force majeure and material adverse change clauses</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Could Brexit allow parties to avoid their contractual obligations? A recent dispute suggests that the courts may be reluctant to accept such arguments.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Wed, 13 Mar 2019 13:53:26 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Contract variations: a short guide</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Contracts are often amended to take account of changed circumstances. But care is needed to avoid the pitfalls.]]></description>
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                            Wed, 13 Jun 2018 15:25:15 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>The devil is in paragraph 3.2.2.2 (ii): contracts and inconsistency</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[What if the main body of a contract appears to say one thing, but the detailed wording of a technical schedule appears to be at odds with that?]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Wed, 01 Nov 2017 13:51:46 &#x2B;0000
                        </pubDate>
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                <title>Brexit: the impact on contracts</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[This briefing outlines what businesses can do to ensure that their commercial contracts are &quot;Brexitproof&quot;?]]></description>
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                            Wed, 01 Mar 2017 13:54:07 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Service levels: avoid ambushes!</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Two recent cases have highlighted the dangers of so-called service level &quot;ambushes&quot; in relation to outsourcing contracts and similar agreements.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Fri, 27 Nov 2015 13:51:47 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>Penalty clauses: all clear now?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[The El Makdessi and ParkingEye cases have been reviewed by the Supreme Court, which has now given an important ruling aimed at clarifying the law.]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Sun, 01 Nov 2015 13:51:47 &#x2B;0000
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                <title>&quot;Good Faith&quot; - What does it mean?</title>
                    <description><![CDATA[Does the term &quot;good faith&quot; mean anything when used in a contract governed by English law? And, if so, what effect is a &quot;good faith&quot; obligation likely to have in practice?]]></description>
                        <pubDate>
                            Wed, 31 Jul 2013 11:30:11 &#x2B;0000
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