Reputation Professor wins £70,000 libel damages against unidentified blogger August 8, 2021 Read more
Music Band-name dispute – passing-off defence allowed after being partially struck out for estoppel July 11, 2021 Read more
Reputation Strike-out of public-interest defence reversed on appeal in Rachel Riley case July 6, 2021 Read more
Intellectual property Infinite case ends – with limited award of damages for infringing copies of Eminem’s album June 28, 2021 Read more
Reputation Reputation Update: Talk isn’t cheep – £125,000 damages for libellous tweet June 20, 2021 Read more
Reputation Reputation Update: Michael Sivier wins his appeal against strike out in Rachel Riley dispute June 3, 2021 Read more
Employment Employment Webinar – Vaccine or vacancy, in the office or out of work? May 24, 2021 Read more
Property Covid-19: successful landlord obtains summary judgment for recovery of rent arrears April 28, 2021 Read more
Employment Employment and disputes update: No return to the courtroom for now March 19, 2021 Read more
Reputation Meghan Markle wins privacy and copyright claims against Associated Newspapers March 18, 2021 Read more
Advertising ASA review of rules prohibiting gender stereotyping in advertising March 16, 2021 Read more
Property Property Briefing – Further extension to the ban on tenant evictions – who does it apply to? March 12, 2021 Read more
Employment IR35 Webinar – Do you understand the implications for your business of the new off-payroll rules? March 11, 2021 Read more
Disputes Victory for Meghan Markle in privacy and copyright claim against Mail on Sunday February 15, 2021 Read more
Intellectual property Florence Foster Jenkins case – IPEC re-writes script on joint authorship of screenplays February 15, 2021 Read more
Commercial Bounce Back Loan Scheme: UK Government announces changes to repayment terms February 12, 2021 Read more
Property Real Estate Seminar Coronavirus: Business Interruption and Commercial Leases February 9, 2021 Read more
Advertising How green can you go? – misleading “greenwashing” claims in advertising February 1, 2021 Read more
Intellectual property Joint copyright found in screenplay following a retrial January 26, 2021 Read more
Commercial Business Interruption Insurance – the Supreme Court ruling on the FCA test case January 22, 2021 Read more
Reputation Reputation Update: Evidence of pre-publication steps crucial to libel defence of public interest January 19, 2021 Read more
Intellectual property Enforcement remedies and ISP disclosures of user identities in the context of file-sharing January 19, 2021 Read more
Reputation Reputation Update: Steele dossier – ex-spy not liable for BuzzFeed piece on Russian hacking December 16, 2020 Read more
Reputation Reputation Update: Sir James and Lady Dyson get £100,000 pay out from the Daily Mail for defamatory articles December 10, 2020 Read more
Employment Homeworking – is this the new normal and how should employers respond? December 9, 2020 Read more
Corporate COVID-19: Is responding to the pandemic “in the ordinary course of business”? December 8, 2020 Read more
Music Simkins advises Universal Music UK on the establishment of new frontline label 0207 Def Jam November 26, 2020 Read more
Digital & tech ICO fines hotelier Marriott £18.4 million – reduced by around £80 million November 24, 2020 Read more
Media regulatory BBC footage of dying journalist Lyra McKee ruled highly intrusive November 24, 2020 Read more
Reputation Reputation update: Johnny Depp loses libel claim against The Sun November 2, 2020 Read more
Employment Significant changes to the Government’s Job Support Scheme announced October 26, 2020 Read more
Music DCMS Committee launches inquiry into the economics of music streaming October 20, 2020 Read more
Music BMG plan to remove “controlled composition” reductions in new record contracts October 20, 2020 Read more