Sealed Air Ltd v Sharp Interpack Ltd, Patents County Court The Patents County Court has ruled that Sealed Air’s Community and UK registered designs had only a narrow scope of protection as it consisted of conventional elements and the design was not a radical departure from that. Although Sharp Interpack’s fruit punnets had many similarities… Learn more

In Marks and Spencer plc v BNP Paribas Securities Services Trust Company (Jersey) Ltd and another [2013] EWHC 1279 (Ch), the High Court has considered whether a tenant should receive a refund for the rent paid after the lease break date. The tenant had a lease with a break clause that allowed the lease to… Learn more

Following a consultation on making changes to planning guidance, which took place earlier this year, the Government has now published its official response. In October 2012, the Government created a review group – headed by Lord Matthew Taylor of Goss Moor – to review the existing planning practice guidance that supports the implementation of national planning… Learn more