Stephen Sidkin
Partner, Fox Williams
Articles
Stephen Sidkin provides his thoughts on the reality behind the government’s aim to assess the UK’s regulators and reduce red tape for businesses Following the landmark decision in Software Incubator, software agents are now entitled to statutory protection under the Commercial Agents Regulations, writes Stephen Sidkin The well-trodden issue of permission to serve out of the jurisdiction of England and Wales has yet again surfaced, say Stephen Sidkin and Evie Meleagros
Stephen Sidkin examines the Court of Appeal's decision ?in Crocs on the extent to which an agent's duty to look after his principal's interests is a condition of an agency contract The claim against fashionable shoemaker Crocs by its former UK agents that 'the company wrongly ended their agreement could reinvent the rules on 'termination of an agency relationship, says Stephen Sidkin Compensation for termination of agency should be calculated by reference to the resale value – but how should that value be set, asks Stephen Sidkin Finally the House of Lords has addressed the question of the calculation of compensation for terminating an agency agreement, says Stephen Sidkin Commercial agency litigation is likely to change following the decision in Crane. Stephen Sidkin reports