Under an EU Directive from 2011, the duration of copyright in sound recordings and associated performers’ rights was, in most cases, extended. The directive was implemented in the UK with effect from 1 November 2013 by the Copyright and Duration of Rights in Performances Regulations 2013. If a recording is released within 50 years of … Read more
The Court of Appeal by a 2-1 majority on 19 November dismissed an appeal against the High Court decision in April 2012 dismissing two Christian media companies’ application for judicial review of a decision by the Radio Advertising Clearance Centre (RACC) to refuse clearance of a radio ad which the RACC considered to be in … Read more
In John McCririck v Channel 4 Television Corporation and another, the Employment Tribunal recently considered whether 72 year old horse racing pundit John McCririck had suffered direct discrimination on the ground of age. Mr McCririck was a regular television presenter for Channel 4 and had been covering horse racing on television since 1981. He became … Read more
HMRC has published the outcome of its consultation over a change in the National Insurance status of entertainers (persons employed as actors, singers or musicians). At present, entertainers enjoy separate treatment, in that they are all deemed for NI purposes to be “employed”, even if they are taxed as self-employed. The reason for this is to provide access for entertainers to earnings-related contributory … Read more
