John Warchus

Experienced business lawyer specialising in all aspects of Commercial, IT and Intellectual Property law. Interested in legal, business and social developments.

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I look forward to taking part in the panel discussion next week and to meeting tech and other fast-growing companies at the event. #legal #businesslaw https://t.co/urrAIZw146

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Another interesting deal by our corporate team. #corporate #deal https://t.co/YMQMfH54p2

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Property colleagues in our Rural Team have just released their latest newsletter covering a range of topics.... https://t.co/4jtpggNECz

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Legal Workshop at Westmont Hub, UWL

Very happy to support the Hub recently and impressed by the stimulating questions on business and tech law from the Hub's ambitious entrepreneurs.

Congratulations to Stephen Fry, Angela Kanwar and Giedre Petrauskyte…https://t.co/nmrzQjObUn

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The IT & IP Law Group Europe - London Conference

Very happy that Moore Blatch hosted the latest conference of the group (https://t.co/2HKemD5777) in London where colleagues from 15 countries were able to discuss IT, IP and related legal issues from a pa…https://t.co/RLE6w7qM0R

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Very happy to take part in the Silicon Cup Regatta for IT/Tech companies - great fun and raising money for great causes improving lives. https://t.co/vkV4bCaGeC

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Well done Katherine - still plenty to do on the equality front! https://t.co/ofx5wvTP1K

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Westmont Enterprise Hub Launched!

Congratulations to the staff at WEH and the University of West London on a great launch, which I was lucky enough to attend on 28 February. Moore Blatch will be helping the Hub's start-ups and other businesses with legal…https://t.co/qSRJil2K9l

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Our colleagues in the Rural Services Team will be hosting the Agricultural Law Association on 27 March to examine the effect of Brexit on UK Agriculture. https://t.co/7xinqEDdyu

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Morrisons held vicariously liable for rogue employee's data breaches #datasecurity #cloudcomputing

Further to an earlier post, please see our summary of this important recent decision.

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One post I had to share... https://t.co/9aufBeori2

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Callum - good work with the ALG and sure it will go well! https://t.co/gObyijtNmH

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One of our cloud computing clients, zsah, has circulated helpful case studies on the benefits provided by a cloud infrastructure. An important benefit not to be overlooked is the ability to improve data security! #datasecurity #cloudcomputing https://t.co/1kCS2f1oWm

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There is still time to sign up to our Business Contract Seminars in Richmond, the City and Southampton. https://t.co/sW44gEPmfE

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An article by my colleague, Dorothy Agnew, highlights how expensive lax cyber security can be. https://t.co/7KCV33ofVB

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Equifax Fined £500,000 by ICO - Decision Summary

Further to an earlier post, please see our article on the ICO's approach/reasons for imposing the maximum fine available under the old rules: https://t.co/hhgu8I0DW0

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Great sailing last week with old (and some new!) friends in the IT/Tech sector at the 2018 Silicon Cup Regatta. https://t.co/9eoZVDffHl

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Data Protection Gets serious: ICO Fines Equifax Maximum Amount

Equifax fined maximum sum of £500k under the 1998 DPA due to a serious breach lasting nearly 3 months and affecting 15m UK citizens. Failings included: poor data security, poor retention pra…https://t.co/KGkgvA2EB8

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Insurance is a Key Factor in Exclusion Clauses

All businesses, particularly tech ones, should take comfort from the decision in Goodlife where wide-ranging exclusions of liability were held to be reasonable.

This decision is li…https://t.co/DFuBDy7jY4 https://t.co/SCjr47hNL4