The Musa King case against The Telegraph has featured in the law reports for a number of reasons to date, and has become a pitched battle between those bringing conditional fee arrangement (CFA) actions against the media (where the lawyers’ charges vary according to the result of the case), and the press in particular who are most … Read more
In a welcome decision* for film and television production companies, the Court of Appeal has upheld the Employment Appeal Tribunal’s decision in Marshalls Clay Products Limited v Caulfield. In that case, the court analysed the legality of contracts which seek to “roll up” holiday pay (ie having workers’ agreed rates of pay include an element of … Read more
In a judgment handed down on 11 May by Mr Justice Mann, the High Court rejected an application, unless certain conditions were met, to restrain broadcast of a Despatchesprogramme made by Shine Ltd for Channel 4. The claimant, Tillery Valley Foods, sold chilled frozen meats to the healthcare and public sector markets. The programme was … Read more
By a majority of three to two, the House of Lords has reversed the decision of the Court of Appeal (as reported in our early warning of October 2002) and reinstated the judgment of Mr Justice Morland in the High Court (see our early warning of March 2002). The action arose from a report by … Read more
The problems surrounding 3MV’s insolvency have brought to a head the sometimes thorny issue of ownership of stock. These problems should prompt every independent label to look at their own distribution agreement. A number of independent record companies distributed by 3MV may rue the day they did not pay more attention to the clause in … Read more
