All IT contracts to be made public
The new Government has announced that it plans to make all Government contracts open to the public. New IT contracts will be published within the next few weeks, as will tenders for procurement over...
View ArticleEDS agrees to pay Sky £318 million in IT contract dispute
EDS and Sky have finally agreed to settle a costly and long-running dispute over an IT contract. In January, the High Court agreed with Sky’s claim that EDS had mis-sold a customer relationship system....
View ArticleSeries of cumulative breaches can amount to fundamental breach, and Court of...
GB Gas entered into an agreement with Accenture for Accenture to design, supply, install and maintain a business-critical IT system, including billing. The agreement defined a ‘Fundamental Defect’ as a...
View ArticlePublic body ordered to disclose IT contract against its wishes
The Department of Work and Pensions has been ordered by the Information Tribunal to disclose most of the details of an IT contract. Atos Origin had been the only bidder for the DWP’s contract. After a...
View ArticleFTSE-350 struggling to appreciate software escrow
Nearly half of FTSE-350 companies do not have software escrow agreements in place with their software supplier. That is according to a report produced by the NCC Group, the leading provider of software...
View ArticleSoftware reseller’s failure to provide accurate information entitled licensor...
KDP licensed S to act as a reseller for KDP’s software. The agreement required S to pay royalties and provide reports and certain information to KDP, including who the end users were, the contracts...
View ArticleWhatever you do, get your IT contracts right – De Beers UK Limited v Atos...
De Beers, the diamond supplier, had entered into a joint sales agreement with the Botswana Government, and to better perform its obligations under that agreement, De Beers wanted a software system that...
View ArticleSale of Goods Act and implied terms did not apply to software supply contract...
The parties contracted for IBM to provide its own software, third party software (Orchard’s) which Southwark LBC had asked IBM to provide, and associated services. The framework agreement part of the...
View ArticleImportance of exit and transition provisions considered by TCC – Astrazeneca...
Astrazeneca and IBM entered into an outsourcing agreement for IBM to provide various IT services. The agreement contained a number of exit provisions, including an “exit plan” that would allow...
View ArticleIP blunder as director relinquishes company’s rights unknowingly
Destra Software Ltd v Comada (UK) LLP, High Court The High Court has found a claim for copyright infringement unsustainable as the sole director had relinquished all the company’s intellectual property...
View ArticleCarefully check before you sign whether all is ready for take off –...
Olympic Airlines SA (in special liquidation) v ACG Acquisitions XX LLC, Court of Appeal The Court of Appeal has decided that a party which signed a certificate of acceptance for an aircraft was...
View ArticleOFT decides to dig a little deeper into public sector ICT contracts
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched a market study on the supply of information and communications technology goods and service to the public sector. The investigation comes off the back of...
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