Topics in this issue include:

• Contract - Pre-contractual negotiations
  Chartbrook Ltd v Persimmon Homes Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 183
• Contract - Exclusion clauses
  Whitecap Leisure Ltd v John H. Rundle Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 429
• Agency
  Nigel Fryer Joinery Services Ltd and Mr N Fryer v Ian Firth Hardware Ltd [2008] EWHC 767 (Ch)
• Consumer Protection
  The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 - Special Report
  Price Indications - BERR publishes Pricing Practices Guide
• Privacy
  ICO Good Practice Note on disclosure of employee data under TUPE Regulations
• Conflicts of Laws
  Rome I Regulation adopted