As foreshadowed in our early warning of 29 June, regulations have now been introduced amending the Working Time Regulations 1998 to give all workers, regardless of their length of employment, a statutory entitlement to 20 days paid holiday a year. The effect of the Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2001 is to give all workers an … Read more
It would have been too much to expect this government to support Tesco in its battle with Levi’s before the European Court. The government could not readily invite an unelected judiciary to overturn legislation for which it had voted without being charged with hypocrisy, as it is precisely this sort of judicial review that it … Read more
Sponsorship can be an excellent way of promoting a company, but a recent Court of Appeal judgment highlights the risks involved when the exposure the sponsor will gain is uncertain. Northern and Shell PLC, the publishers of OK! Magazine, agreed in 1997 to sponsor the Champion Children Awards. The Awards were originally intended to be … Read more
The news that twelve major Spanish clubs may face liquidation if they have to pay their taxes and that Fiorentina players are taking legal action to free themselves from their contracts with their insolvent club will be received with some satisfaction by the Premier League. With a large amount of its commercial revenue coming from … Read more
The US Government has been ordered to pay compensation to EU music rights holders of US$1.1m (approximately £765,000) per year by a World Trade Organisation (WTO) Arbitration Panel in respect of the use of musical works by certain US businesses. The ruling relates to a finding by the WTO that a provision of US copyright … Read more
In a judgment which has been roundly condemned in the press not only by the newspaper which is the subject of the injunction, but also by other newspapers, Mr Justice Jack has prevented the Sunday People (referred in the case as “B”) from publishing details of the extramarital affairs of a prominent footballer. Criticism of … Read more
Ever since the founders of the Common Market agreed to treat the public and private sectors in a broadly similar way under the competition rules, George Orwell’s observation in Animal Farm that some animals are more equal than others has seemed pretty much in point. However, in its Communication this week on state aid and … Read more
In an adjudication which betrays sensitivity on the part of the Press Complaints Commission to allegations of inconsistency, the Commission has upheld a complaint by the author J K Rowling against OK! Magazine concerning a picture of her daughter taken on a beach in Mauritius during a family holiday. Ms Rowling successfully relied on both … Read more
