In October 2024 we reported on the case of Kompakwerk GmbH v Liveperson Netherlands B.V. [CL-2018-000802] which concerned the question of whether an agent selling access to end users in Great Britain to a third-party software as a service (SaaS) product should be considered an agent for the purposes of the Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations … Continue Reading
For 30 years many third-party agents who buy or sell goods in Great Britain on the behalf of another (their principal) as opposed to in the agent’s own name have qualified for protection under the Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993 [The Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993] (the Regulations). If the criteria for the … Continue Reading
