Pension auto-enrolment - will LLPs be in or out?
Since October, 2012, employers have been obliged to automatically enrol all workers who satisfy age and earnings criteria (“eligible jobholders”) into a qualifying pension scheme and make minimum...
View ArticleEU-US Privacy Shield - is the harbor safe again, or are we entering further...
The EU-US data transfer framework known as Safe Harbor was declared invalid by the Court of Justice of the European Union (the CJEU) on 6 October 2015 in the Schrems decision (see our previous...
View ArticleCMA fines pharma companies over ‘pay-for-delay’
The CMA has announced that it has fined a number of pharma companies just under £45 million in respect of a series of ‘pay-for-delay’ agreements. The parties have been found to infringe competition /...
View ArticleThe importance of registering CTM licences
The importance of registering CTM licences was originally published on www.lexisnexis.com on 16 February 2016. Simon Chapman and Oliver Watson were interviewed by Stephanie Boyer.IP & IT analysis:...
View ArticleAre your consumer terms and conditions user-friendly enough?
On 1 March 2016, the government launched a consultation on: (i) how to make consumer terms and conditions (T&Cs) more consumer-friendly; and (b) the introduction of a wider range of enforcement...
View ArticleWhat do the words of a contract really mean? Was Humpty Dumpty right?
Humpty Dumpty is not often relied on in the courts as an authority on contractual interpretation. But he was sure he was right – “When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it...
View ArticleIntra-group dealings and potential VAT problems if you transfer a property...
The benefit of having a VAT Group within a group of companies is well documented. However, the recent case of Copthorn Holdings v HMRC serves as a cautionary tale, emphasising the need to carefully...
View ArticleMore than one storey: business rates liability
A business may occupy a single unit of accommodation, such as a floor in an office building. Or it may occupy more than one unit, such as a number of floors within the office building. Such floors...
View ArticleBrands slam door on sponsorship after Sharapova’s unforced doping error
On Monday 7 March, tennis ace Maria Sharapova broadcast a statement to the world from a Los Angeles hotel. Many onlookers had suspected that this would announce her imminent retirement from the sport...
View ArticleTrunki: Case closed on registered design protection
On 9 March 2016 the Supreme Court handed down its decision in the controversial Magmatic v PMS appeal on the community registered design (“CRD”) infringement of the popular ‘Trunki’ children’s...
View ArticleOfgem closes investigation into price comparison websites
Ofgem announced on 9 February 2015 that it was looking into whether price comparison websites had been sharing commercially-sensitive information, including in relation to their commission rates....
View ArticleBudget 2016 - Big Changes for businesses and entrepreneurs
The Treasury clearly has a lot of ideas buzzing around, because the Budget yesterday contained a whopping number of tax changes. The document that HMRC produces for each Budget, optimistically...
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Pheasant as sick as a parrot! Judgment handed down in Jack Wills v House of...
Today, 21 March 2016, HHJ Pelling handed down his judgment in relation to the account of profits element of the long-running dispute between Jack Wills and House of Fraser over the use of a logo...
View ArticleNew Order sparks intrigue for music industry gossip columns and company...
The High Court has given Peter Hook permission to continue his derivative claim in his dispute with Bernard Sumner and his former New Order co-band members. As well as providing material for the music...
View ArticleMeasure of damages for breach of warranty
The recent Court of Appeal decision in Karim v Wemyss has confirmed the importance of having a well drafted sale and purchase agreement; in particular, a clause specifying the measure of damages the...
View Article8 second videos of sports footage breach copyright
Summary A Vine-inspired video App which enabled users to film and share 8 second clips of sports broadcasts has been found, by the High Court, to infringe the copyright in those broadcasts and related...
View ArticlePress release: Lewis Silkin advises Next 15 on the acquisition of Twogether
Lewis Silkin LLP has advised Next 15, the AIM-listed digital communications group, on its acquisition of B2B creative and digital marketing agency, Twogether Creative Limited.Twogether’s clients...
View ArticleIn the News: Could Brexit change the face of football in the UK?
Andrew Osborne was interviewed by BBC news on the impact of Brexit on British football and the potential loss of access to European talent which has helped make the Premier League hugely popular. You...
View ArticleChanges to European trade marks
The European Union Trade Mark Regulation and European Union Trade Mark Directive, which took effect on 23 March 2016, introduces the greatest shake up to the Community Trade Mark since it was launched...
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