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Aldi’s Christmas ad: do spoofs risk infringement of IP rights?
Many of you will have seen Aldi's new Christmas advert featuring Kevin the Carrot driving a bright orange truck through a snowy forest, past the homes of excited children waiting...
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Lego’s IP victories in China
In a further signal to foreign businesses operating in China that the Chinese courts are willing to take a tough stance on IP infringement, Lego has won another IP claim...
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Raychaudhuri v GMC and PSA [2018] EWCA Civ 2027
Court of Appeal confirms the Medical Practitioners Tribunal findings that a doctor had not acted dishonestly. 1. Why is this case important? Despite the Medical Practitioners Tribunal (MPT) concluding that...
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B v General Medical Council [2018] EWCA Civ 1497
This case reminds us that healthcare regulators in particular may often find themselves in control of "mixed data" documents, which contain sensitive personal data regarding both patients and the healthcare...
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General Medical Council v Shekhar Chandra [2018] EWCA Civ 1898
This case emphasises the importance of the overriding objective and confirms the test to be applied in restoring doctor's to the register. The Court of Appeal's judgement also provides a...
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Litigation privilege in SFO v Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation
The effect of Andrews J's judgment had been to effectively reduce almost to vanishing point the protection afforded by litigation privilege in circumstances where an organisation undertakes an internal investigation...
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Private Client Issues – November 2018
Welcome to this month's edition of Private Client Issues, Blake Morgan's monthly round-up of the topics you may find of interest. Insight and advice on developments affecting private individuals. Doing...
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Peeking around the corporate veil
The recent decision of the Technology and Construction Court in Palmer Birch (A Partnership) v Lloyd & Anor [2018] EWHC 2316 (TCC) (24 September 2018) will make for interesting reading both for...
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Financial Sanctions – and drafting construction contracts
By resolutions of the UN Security Council, and by legislation in the EU, USA, UK and elsewhere, sanctions support foreign policy objectives and international law. Typically sanctions seek to address...
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GMP Equalisation – the Lloyds Bank judgment – some greater clarity and certainty?
If you are a trustee or sponsor of a pension scheme that was contracted out of the state-earnings related scheme before 6 April 1997 this affects you. There was a...
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Oxford proving popular for potential property buyers
A recent Homes & Property article focused on why Oxford is a prime choice for buyers leaving London. Having grown up in the area, it is easy to take our...
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Autumn Budget: The revival of High Streets?
On Monday 29th October the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, presented the Autumn Budget. The general theme of the Budget was an end to austerity and an increase in public spending although this...
