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Commercial weekly highlights—8 May 2025

Published on: 08 May 2025

Table of contents

  • Advertising, marketing and sponsorship
  • ASA rulings—7 May 2025
  • Agency and distribution
  • Expect complex ruling from UK justices in car dealer case
  • Consumer protection
  • Fake reviews—will trader recommendation platforms be caught in the crossfire between businesses and the CMA?
  • Alesayi v Bank Audi S.A.L. [2025] EWHC 1033 (KB)
  • Contracts
  • Court of Appeal considers asymmetrical jurisdictional clauses (Hipgnosis v Manilow)
  • Court of Appeal considers the interpretation of condition precedent clauses in Disclosure and Barring Service v Tata Consultancy Services Ltd
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Article summary

This week's edition of Commercial weekly highlights includes: commentary on the Court of Appeal's decision in Hipgnosis v Manilow which held that jurisdiction of the English Courts is determined at the date of issue of proceedings, analysis of the conflict between online trader recommendation platforms’ duty to prevent fake reviews and their contractual duties to businesses featured on their platforms, and news that the Office for Product Safety and Standards has published guidance on the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2025, which comes into effect on 30 October 2025.

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