Defamation Act – a Win for the Press?

The Press may be able to escape the financial cost of defamation, and reap the financial reward, simply by issuing an early apology.  This has serious implications for the new press regulatory body, the Independent Press Standards Organisation (“IPSO”), established this week.

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Cooke v MGN – the Costs Verdict

On 13 August 2014 Mr Justice Bean handed down his judgment in the case of Cooke

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FA Work Permit Reforms kick in as transfer window opens

After England’s early exit from the Under 21 European Championships, the familiar ‘excuse’ of too many foreign players in England was a regular soundbite in the media for a few days.  This is a knee-jerk too-easy response

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KP Nuts About Exclusion, but is there any Remedy?

There has been much said about the Strauss/Graves/Pietersen exclusion debacle, and we will not have heard the end of it yet. 

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One Artist’s Rubbish Is Another Person’s Treasure

Our attention has been caught by the recent story of a legal row between an artist and her former studio & workshop. In a nutshell Gypsy Hill Workshop (the ‘Workshop’’) have allegedly sold items which they claim are the ‘work’ of artist Angelique Hartigan.

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Uber and Out ? A look at the regulatory implications of the current spat.

On 22 September, Transport for London issued a statement.  It had decided, pending its expiry on 30 September, that Uber’s ‘private hire operator licence’ would not be renewed.

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HMRC issues formal guidance on image rights

We have before idly speculated on some of the more entertaining image rights issues in the world of law – see link here.  In the light of HMRC’s recently issued

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Imitation: Not Always the Best Form of Flattery

A little story in the Guardian set the ‘Wryly Comic’ light flashing on the M Law Media Watch Switchboard this morning. Please read the original article here. Fact yet again is stranger than fiction. It appears that German World Champion and Manchester United flagship

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