Comments on: Email footers and the law http://www.website-law.co.uk/blog/email-law/email-footers-and-the-law/ The web law blog Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:56:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Alasdair Taylor http://www.website-law.co.uk/blog/email-law/email-footers-and-the-law/#comment-99715 Alasdair Taylor Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:20:55 +0000 http://www.website-law.co.uk/blog/email-law/email-footers-and-the-law/#comment-99715 Hi Tim - not to my knowledge. Hi Tim – not to my knowledge.

]]> By: Tim H http://www.website-law.co.uk/blog/email-law/email-footers-and-the-law/#comment-99695 Tim H Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:00:20 +0000 http://www.website-law.co.uk/blog/email-law/email-footers-and-the-law/#comment-99695 Does the requirement to list company name and registration details in an email footer also include any requirement to list parent company and/or branches/subsidiaries which are registered elsewhere e.g. France/Germany? Does the requirement to list company name and registration details in an email footer also include any requirement to list parent company and/or branches/subsidiaries which are registered elsewhere e.g. France/Germany?

]]> By: Al Taylor http://www.website-law.co.uk/blog/email-law/email-footers-and-the-law/#comment-92302 Al Taylor Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:36:24 +0000 http://www.website-law.co.uk/blog/email-law/email-footers-and-the-law/#comment-92302 The relevant amendments to the 1985 Act were in The Companies (Registrar, Languages and Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2006. However, this question in now governed by The Companies (Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2008, made under the Companies Act 2006. The interpretive provisions of the 2008 Regulations state (Section 1(2)(d)): "a reference to any type of document is a reference to a document of that type in hard copy, electronic or any other form". (I think this language was copied from the 2006 Regulations.) The relevant amendments to the 1985 Act were in The Companies (Registrar, Languages and Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2006.

However, this question in now governed by The Companies (Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2008, made under the Companies Act 2006.

The interpretive provisions of the 2008 Regulations state (Section 1(2)(d)): “a reference to any type of document is a reference to a document of that type in hard copy, electronic or any other form”. (I think this language was copied from the 2006 Regulations.)

]]> By: Required Name http://www.website-law.co.uk/blog/email-law/email-footers-and-the-law/#comment-92296 Required Name Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:08:14 +0000 http://www.website-law.co.uk/blog/email-law/email-footers-and-the-law/#comment-92296 Given that the Companies Act of 1985 makes no mention of emails, please can you identify where in the law the "business letters" requirements translate into emails? Given that the Companies Act of 1985 makes no mention of emails, please can you identify where in the law the “business letters” requirements translate into emails?

]]> By: Julian Taylor http://www.website-law.co.uk/blog/email-law/email-footers-and-the-law/#comment-12516 Julian Taylor Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:40:12 +0000 http://www.website-law.co.uk/blog/email-law/email-footers-and-the-law/#comment-12516 I have a slighty different email related question. I work for a Blue Chip company and want to know if it is a EU requirement to have email (as a channel of communication) option within the "Contact Us" section of a website. I have a slighty different email related question. I work for a Blue Chip company and want to know if it is a EU requirement to have email (as a channel of communication) option within the “Contact Us” section of a website.

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