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12/06/2007 : Sony - And The Battle Of Manchester Cathedral
Games creators, online authors and publishers, in fact everyone involved in the South West’s burgeoning IT industry, would do well to watch how the row between a Japanese electronics giant and the Church of England unfolds. When Sony’s… »

12/06/2007 : Building Disputes – A New Way of Doing Things
Lawyers are sometimes accused of “playing games” when exploiting tactics to gain an advantage for their client. Litigation, like chess or monopoly, has a set of rules. These must be complied with if the lawyer’s client, or indeed the… »

11/06/2007 : Douglas v Hello - New ‘Image Right’ Via The Back Door?
Celebrities, artists and businesses of all types have reason to celebrate the recent House of Lords decision in Douglas v Hello! The ruling [2nd May 2007] confirmed that the law of confidence is a powerful tool for the protection of intellectual… »

11/06/2007 : Keeping It In The Family
Many business owners choose to employ family and friends in an attempt to reduce potential employment disputes, and there are of course significant advantages associated with this approach. Family businesses generally work very well on the basis… »

11/06/2007 : Intellectual Property Rights For Artists
Do you know all your rights? Marlene Naumann looks at intellectual property and protecting your rights as an artist. As an artist, you will have created numerous original works and probably sold some for a handsome price. But did you know… »

11/06/2007 : Keeping A Weather Eye On Polytunnels
The South West’s wide practice of growing fruit and vegetables in polytunnels is at risk after a recent High Court judgment. South West farmers may have to take down these polytunnels after the Court decided that they were permanent structures… »

04/06/2007 : Babies, Websites, and Libel
At first sight, a dispute between a baby guru living in Edinburgh and a parenting website based in Islington does not appear to have implications for the South West’s burgeoning IT industry, but internet publishers would do well to take note of… »

04/06/2007 : Media Law Round Up
A recent case illustrates the risk journalists take if they embellish defamatory material from a ‘privileged’ source. The Irish edition of the Sunday Times reported comments by Democratic Unionist MP Peter Robinson about a businessman’s… »

04/06/2007 : Yeovil District Hospital Faces Negligence Claim
Mrs Susan Spratt is to bring a claim for negligence against Yeovil District Hospital following the inquest on her husband’s death. Frederick Spratt contracted the lethal bacterial infection clostridium whilst a patient at the Hospital. At… »

23/05/2007 : I Want My Job Back
I have no doubt that it is often a considerable inconvenience to an employer to have to make the necessary arrangements to keep a women’s job open for her while she is absent from work in order to have a baby, but this is a price that has to be… »

22/05/2007 : A Disaster - Claiming The True Cost To Your Business
At some stage in your business’s life, someone else’s actions or lack of action could well damage your organisation. The courts recently dealt with a case where a publishing house’s unique archive of photographs and artwork relating… »

17/05/2007 : Hold The Front Page - How To Challenge Reporting Restrictions
Tactics for challenging reporting restrictions are back in the spotlight after a judge controversially gagged reports of a paedophile’s case at Croydon Crown Court. Judge Warwick McKinnon prohibited the press from identifying a man sentenced… »

16/05/2007 : Probationary Periods - When Do They Expire?
When you start a new job it is often subject to a probationary period. The idea is that in the first three or six months of your employment, your employer will decide whether in fact you are right for the job. If you are, your employment will be made… »

16/05/2007 : Mumsnet Case Raises Issues Of Responsibility Over Blog Libel
Tony Jaffa, media specialist at Foot Anstey who represented Gina Ford, the baby care specialist, in her libel claim against Mumsnet, a parenting website, writes on the implications of the action, which was settled last week by Mumsnet apologising to… »

11/05/2007 : An Accident Waiting To Happen?
In the last six months I have been involved in two car accidents. Am I a poor driver or was it just bad luck? Keep reading and I will tell you at the end of this article! A recent survey found that I am not alone. Surprisingly, the South West is… »

08/05/2007 : Smoking In The Workplace Can Be Harmful To Your Wealth
Ask any passing pedestrian on the street and they will no doubt tell you that you will not be allowed to smoke a cigarette inside your local pub following the introduction of the smoking ban in England from 1 July. Whilst the Dot Cottons (or should… »

08/05/2007 : Stress At Work
The number of claims by employees involving stress is likely to increase following a recent Court of Appeal decision. The Court put a high duty of care on employers dealing with stressed employees. Stress is a growing problem in British workplaces… »

08/05/2007 : Hold The Front Page - Media Law Round Up
There is simply nothing to discuss as far as another recent victory for privacy over free speech is concerned. That’s the stark view of the House of Lords Appeal Committee, which has rejected author Niema Ash’s bid to appeal against… »

08/05/2007 : A Redundancy Situation
Part 1 It’s a sunny day and Bill is happily working away for his employer when, out of the blue, his manager calls him into her office and says “look Bill, I’m not sure this is the job for you, the company isn’t doing very… »

08/05/2007 : Buying A House Together – A Reminder Of The Legal Consequences
As property prices seem to rise daily, and the average house price in a city is above £100,000, many people now choose to buy a home jointly with another person. Whether joint purchasers include civil partners, husband and wife, friends or… »

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