Risk, Re-/Insurance and Future Thinking
From the monthly archives:
Apparently the owners of Yellowikis, a business directory, have received a nastygram from solicitors acting for Yell.com, the online yellow pages (sort of) on the grounds that Yellowikis was “plainly purporting to be associated with our client” and that the firm’s intellectual property was under threat. OK, let’s go and see how similar they are. [...]
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Summary Under the 1979 House of Lords’ decision in Walkley v Precision Forgings Limited (1979) 1 WLR 606 a Claimant who issued proceedings, did not actively pursue them and allowed limitation to expire, was debarred from issuing fresh proceedings out of time. This has now been overruled by the House of Lords in Horton v [...]
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Oh, I like this[1]. A lot. “Let’s think outside the box” ranks up there with “step up” and “bring something to the table” as the three most nausea-inducing business/Apprentice cliches. Let’s not think outside the box. In many of the business problems I have tackled, the challenge isn’t “inside the box thinking,” it’s [...]
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After a stint as European City of Culture (OK, a few years back now), Glasgow is now transforming itself into International City of Finance Including Reinsurance. A team from Glasgow City Council has been touting the city’s benefits as a hub of financial excellence, though some might think it a trifle optimistic to say [...]
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