Latest input tagged Court of Appeal
RSS feed for Court of Appeal
HC – which owned hotels under the name ‘Cipriani’ in Italy, Portugal and Madeira - has won in its trade mark infringement action against the owners of a restaurant that called itself ‘Cipriani...
Material hosted on US server broke English criminal law – R v Sheppard and Whittle, Court of Appeal
People could be convicted of criminal offences under English laws despite their material being published in a US server, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The defendants had been involved with writing or...
Wheels fall off bike chain business’s ad campaign for wrongly suggesting endorsement of Olympic winner
A bike chain manufacturer has been rebuked by the Advertising Standards Authority for misleading people into thinking that an Olympic medal winning cyclist had endorsed their products when she had not....
Exploring a bank’s suspicions of money laundering
The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (“the Act”) provides obligations on a bank to notify the authorities if they suspect a customer of money laundering.
As the Court of Appeal noted, a bank is in the...
Court of Appeal asks European Court of Justice to rule on lawfulness on seizing counterfeit goods coming through EU in transit only – Nokia v HMRC, Court of Appeal
Nokia has persuaded the Court of Appeal to ask the European Court of Justice to answer questions surrounding the seizure of counterfeit goods which are passing through the EU in transit only. Under EU...
White v Withers, a dish of 42 ingredients
The case of Marco Pierre White, celebrity chef, against his wife's divorce lawyers, Withers, gets a mention in The Times today ("Marco Pierre White challenge could change divorce battles for ever"), speculating...
Social networking use creates creeping threat to privacy, according to academic
People routinely posting embarrassing personal details and photos on social networking sites are eroding all of our collective privacy rights. That is according to Dr Kieron O’Hara, a Senior Research...
European Court of Human Rights says court order requiring press to disclose source of leaked documents infringes right to freedom of expression
Five news providers have won a long court battle to avoid having to provide access to leaked documents, something which would have revealed their sources. Previously, the High Court and Court of Appeal...
Where important terms are still under negotiation there is no contract – Whittle Movers v Hollywood Express, Court of Appeal…
The Court of Appeal has ruled that where important terms were still under negotiation, no contract had been concluded. Whittle Movers had been successful in its tender for the supply of distribution and...
Need advice on a compromise agreement?
Litigation project management - a new way of estimating costs
Computer games designer’s failure to disclose his previous ideas meant employing company owned them – Burrows v Smith, High Court
Computer games designer’s failure to disclose his previous ideas meant employing company owned them – Burrows v Smith, High Court
"Fit notes" to be launched in April 2010
As an employer, have you the right to defend your property?
Framework to provide greater certainty on tax policy
A good compromise?
Tax Health Plan
Happy New Year