Data Drama Hits The Courts

Following the decision of the Court of Appeal in Your Response Limited v Datateam Business Media Limited [2014] EWCA Civ 281 service providers in the electronic data industry would do well to pay close attention to the particulars of their contractual arrangements with owners of electronic data.

In every contractual arrangement it is vital that the parties are armed with suitable weaponry to ensure their interests are protected. For those with physical possession of goods for the purposes of carrying out work on them a key weapon is the right to retain possession of the goods until any payment due for the works has been made. There is quite possibly no more effective way (without incurring a prison sentence...) to ensure...