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June 17, 2019
The long-awaited judgment of the Supreme Court in Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd & Another [2019] UKSC 27 was handed down on 12 June 2019. The Supreme Court rejected the media defendants’ appeal (albeit for different reasons to the Court of Appeal). The focus of both appeals was the meaning of “serious harm” under the… Read more »
June 4, 2019
Ofcom found a controlled premium rate telephony service competition in breach of Rule 9.27 of the Ofcom Broadcasting Code since the service was not sufficiently derived from the programmes it was being promoted from. Business impact Broadcasters who wish to promote products or services (including controlled premium rate telephony services) should be aware that, in… Read more »
May 31, 2019
On 17 May 2019, the Court of Appeal handed down a judgment in which the decision of the court at first instance has been reversed. The appeal was brought by Polish businessman Jan Serafin following the dismissal of his claim for libel in respect of an article which he asserted made 14 defamatory allegations against… Read more »
May 23, 2019
Following an acrimonious divorce, Mrs Stocker wrote on Facebook of Mr Stocker, “he tried to strangle me”. The question before the Supreme Court was how the ordinary reasonable reader would construe the words, in light of the medium by which they were communicated: Facebook. Their conclusion was that the words meant that Mr Stocker had… Read more »
May 17, 2019
In April 2019, the Court of Appeal upheld an award of a total of £20,000 in damages for misuse of private information to a couple whose eviction was included in an episode of Channel 5’s Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away. While the Court of Appeal recognised that other judges might have reached a different… Read more »
May 14, 2019
In FBT Productions LLC v Let Them Eat Vinyl Distribution Ltd the High Court has found a record company liable for primary infringement of another label’s copyright in Eminem’s first album, Infinite. Yet the related distributor was not found liable for secondary infringement under section 23 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA),… Read more »
May 14, 2019
Welcome to the Spring Employment Newsletter May 2019. In this edition we look at: EMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION CHANGES SUSPENSION PENDING INVESTIGATION: A BREACH OF TRUST AND CONFIDENCE? SHOULD HOLIDAY PAY INCLUDE OVERTIME PAYMENTS? _________________________ If you would like to discuss any of the points raised, please get in touch with a member of the Employment department:… Read more »
May 1, 2019
Simkins LLP is delighted to announce the appointment of Ed Weidman as a partner with effect from today, 1 May 2019. Ed is a commercial lawyer specialising in drafting and negotiating commercial contracts and advising on the exploitation and protection of intellectual property rights. Ed’s areas of expertise include entertainment (including music, live events, publishing,… Read more »
April 23, 2019
On 15 April 2019 the European Council approved the final text of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (also known as the EU Copyright Directive),[1] which has been the subject of intense debate and lobbying since its initial proposal in 2016. The Directive will enter into force on the twentieth day following… Read more »
