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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Three Legal Conundrums in the Press This Week

Three little stories in the press this week have posed what we believe are some interesting legal issues. Whilst the stories are all international, we approach them from a UK law perspective

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Physician Heal Thyself…

What at first may have appeared as a familiar attempt from Jose Mourinho to deflect focus from Chelsea’s opening

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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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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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SHARED PARENTAL LEAVE

Back in 2015, when the Government introduced Shared Parental Leave (SPL) overwhelmingly

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