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Film and TV Briefing: Friday 7 August 2020
Welcome to this week’s round-up of news, commentary and industry announcements that you may have missed from the past week. If you are looking for advice in relation to any of the issues mentioned, please do not hesitate to get in touch. In the news ITV group revenue drops 17%…August 7, 2020 -
Government backed Film and TV Production Restart Scheme – details so far
On the 29 July 2020 the Government announced the launch of a Government-backed Film & TV Production Restart Scheme for UK film and TV productions worth £500 million pounds to kickstart domestic TV and film productions that have been struggling to obtain insurance for COVID-19 related losses for cast and…July 31, 2020 -
Film and TV Briefing: Friday 31 July 2020
Welcome to this week’s round-up of news, commentary and industry announcements that you may have missed from the past week. If you are looking for advice in relation to any of the issues mentioned, please do not hesitate to get in touch. In the news Government promises £500m insurance scheme…July 31, 2020 -
Government announcement: employees must receive statutory redundancy payments based on normal pay, not furlough pay
Subject to limited exceptions, any employee with more than two years’ continuous service is entitled to a statutory redundancy payment in the event that they are dismissed by reason of redundancy. This statutory redundancy payment is worked out based on an employee’s age and length of service. An employee…July 30, 2020 -
Film and TV Briefing: Friday 24 July 2020
Welcome to this week’s round-up of news, commentary and industry announcements that you may have missed from the past week. If you are looking for advice in relation to any of the issues mentioned, please do not hesitate to get in touch. In the news UK MPs call for government…July 23, 2020 -
REPUTATION UPDATE: HIGH COURT REFUSES INJUNCTION TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENCE IN PRICING DISCOUNTS ON GROUNDS OF PUBLIC INTEREST
In this recent breach of confidence judgment, Miles J refused to award an injunction to the Claimants restraining the Defendants from publishing an allegedly confidential discount offered by the Claimants to its long-term customers (Discount), on the basis that the public interest in publication outweighed the public interest in preservation…July 23, 2020 -
Privacy Shield down after Schrems 2 ruling
On 16 July 2020 the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered its judgment in the case of Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland & Schrems (informally known as the “Schrems 2 case”).[1] This CJEU judgment saw the demise of the US-EU “Privacy Shield”, which had provided a mechanism…July 22, 2020 -
No Luv lost in band-name dispute – passing-off defence partially struck out for estoppel
The IPEC has partially struck out a defence to a passing-off claim over the name of a musical group, known as “Love Injection” or “Luv Injection”, on the basis of issue estoppel.[1] Where an issue had already been determined in trade-mark invalidation proceedings, the parties were estopped from denying the…July 21, 2020 -
Film and TV Briefing: Friday 17 July 2020
Welcome to this week’s round-up of news, commentary and industry announcements that you may have missed from the past week. If you are looking for advice in relation to any of the issues mentioned, please do not hesitate to get in touch. In the news Report discloses broadcasters’ commissioning strategies…July 17, 2020 -
The “Flexible Furlough Scheme” and other employment issues arising from the coronavirus crisis
We first wrote about the new flexible furlough scheme in June 2020. This came into effect at the beginning of July. Under the original furlough scheme, an employee had to be furloughed for at least three consecutive weeks. During this time, the furloughed employee was not allowed to carry out…July 14, 2020