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- Agency, Distribution and Other Contracts
- Brands, Joint Ventures and IP
- Termination, Compensation and Disputes
- Regulatory Matters
- WEPNZ (Wine Export Partners New Zealand)
- Armit Wines Case Study
- Undisclosed Wine Importer Case Study
- Copestick Murray Wine Solutions Testimonial
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- Omond & Co Testimonial
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- Agent involved in production
- Agent is also distributor
- Agent's rights
- Agent's rights on termination
- Agent/distributor handling competing wine
- Agent/distributor selling outside his territory or sector
- AIDV 2011 – 26th Annual Conference Logrono, La Rioja
- Andrew Park – recently published articles
- Applicable law
- Appointing a distributor
- Appointing a UK agent or distributor
- Brands
- Certification and collective trade marks
- Change in control
- Choice of law – agency and distribution agreements
- Commercial agents
- Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993
- Commercial agents – entitlement to commission
- Commission
- Commission – when is it due?
- Compensation for distributors
- Compensation on termination
- Compensation on termination of agency
- Compensation on termination of agency – assessment
- Compensation on termination of agency – assessment – detailed principles
- Compensation on termination of agency – assessment – what happens in practice
- Compensation on termination of agency – calculation where agent entitled to indemnity
- Compensation on termination of agency – further possible claims
- Compensation on termination of agency – Lonsdale v Howard & Hallam Ltd
- Competition from ex-agent or distributor
- Competition law
- Contract – agency and distribution agreements
- Contract – can compliance be enforced?
- Contract – can we be bound by a contract we never signed?
- Contract – importer's perspective
- Contract – leaving it too late
- Contract – negotiation of agency or distribution agreement
- Contract – notice of termination
- Contract – producer's perspective
- Contract – quality problems
- Contract – reviewing existing contracts
- Contract – should there be a written contract?
- Contracts – supply agreements with major UK supermarkets – GSCOP protection for suppliers
- Contracts – Wine Importer Contracts Package
- Controlling distribution
- Damages claims
- Debt collection by agent
- Defective products
- Dispute resolution
- Dispute resolution — pre-action procedure under the CPR
- Distributor's rights
- Distributor's rights on termination
- Good faith
- Goodwill
- Goodwill compensation — making sure you keep the goodwill
- Implied terms
- Indemnity
- Indemnity or compensation — what difference will it make?
- Insolvency
- Intellectual property
- Investment by agent/distributor .... or by producer
- Is an agent a 'commercial agent'?
- Joint brand ventures
- Jurisdiction
- New wines — are they included in the contract or not?
- Orderly termination
- Packaging regulations
- Payment – protecting yourself against late payment or non-payment
- Poaching of agent/distributor's staff by producer .... and vice versa
- Problems with agents or distributors
- Producer acquires a new winery subject to different agency
- Producer – time for a change of agent?
- Producer dealing with customers himself or through another agent or distributor
- Producer planning to terminate
- Producer's rights
- Regulatory matters
- Repudiation
- Resources for Importers
- Resources for Producers
- Restrictions between producers and agents or distributors
- Restrictive covenants
- Restrictive covenants – importer's employees
- Restrictive covenants – producer's employees
- Restrictive covenants – the value of
- Retention of title
- Retention of title and sub-sales
- Set-off
- Setting up a UK joint venture company
- Setting up a UK subsidiary
- Setting up UK distribution
- Tax on compensation
- Termination – producer's perspective
- Termination of agency or distributorship
- Terminology – agents, distributors, brokers and others
- UK bulk bottling – the legal framework
- UK market entry
- Underperformance by agent or distributor
- What Wine Importers need to protect themselves against
- All Archived Knowledge Bank Content
- Avoiding UK excise duty on wine — window of opportunity firmly closed
- Bulk wine business — big business
- Compensation under the Commercial Agency Regulations — the case law
- Compensation under the Commercial Agency Regulations — the older cases
- Finding the right partner
- Finding the right partner : A commentary
- Parallel trading in wine — how much of it goes on in the UK?
- Promotional discounting — everybody happy?
- Spoiled wine — who foots the bill?
- The Closure Conundrum
- The UK's first 'virtual' wine merchant?
- Vodka copykat cops for it
- When champagne loses its fizz
- Wine turns green
- Plain packaging for tobacco – the thin end of the wedge for the alcohol sector?
- D&D Wines collapse – yet again unprotected wine suppliers lose out
- Dangers of allowing an agent to collect customer payments – even where there is credit insurance
- Compensation for commercial agents – the perils of valuation disputes
- UK Agency and Distribution Agreements – a free Guide for Wine Producers
- New – Our Contracts Package for Wine Importers
- New EU rules for Organic Wine
- New EU legislation on Labelling and Consumer Rights – what are the implications for wine suppliers?
- Drinks Business article by Andrew Park– How wine suppliers can use the GSCOP to their advantage
- Can a Commercial Agent act for Competing Producers?
- AIDV 2011 – 26th Annual Conference, Logrono, La Rioja
- How to use the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP) to your advantage – free Briefing
- Dealing with the UK's major supermarkets – GSCOP boosts protection for suppliers
- Oddbins collapse – free Guide to making sure you get paid
- Preventing a set-off – don’t be put off!
- Law on repudiation of contracts clarified
- Incoterms 2010 – implications for the wine trade
- London City Bond roof collapse – implications for wine stock owners
- Are EU distributors entitled to compensation on termination?
- Commercial agent in serious breach still entitled to goodwill indemnity
- UK wine importer fined under packaging regulations
- Recruiting staff for a UK distribution operation – potential pitfalls
- Commission after termination of agency
- ROT revisited
- Collective RIOJA trade mark trumps proposed RIOJAVINA mark
- Retention of title in practice
- Vodka copykat cops for it
- Applicable law – distribution agreements
- Commercial agency compensation claims and arbitration clauses
- Idiot's Guide to EU wine regulation
- Retention of title and sub-sales
- When is an agent not a commercial agent?
- Tough economic times — planning for the worst case
- Wine producers beware! Allowing your UK agent to collect payments for you can seriously damage your health.