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The Modern Slavery Bill was introduced in June 2014 and is the first of its kind in Europe. The Government’s aim is to bring together, in a single Act, legislative measures to combat slavery and human trafficking. It is currently going through Parliament and is expected to be enacted before the general election in May … Read more
In Burry & Knight Limited & Another v Knight, the Court of Appeal considered, for the first time, the refusal of a shareholder’s request for access to a company’s register. The Companies Act 2006 sets out specific rules requiring companies to keep a register of members. These must be available for inspection by any shareholder … Read more
In Cooke v MGN Ltd, the High Court addressed for the first time the new “serious harm” threshold test in section 1 of the Defamation Act 2013. The claim followed an article in the Sunday Mirror published on 26 January 2014 entitled “Millionaire Tory Cashes In On TV Benefits Street” highlighting the poor condition of … Read more
Swan Turton LLP is proud to announce that Nicky Androsov has joined the firm as a Commercial IT/IP partner. Nicky brings with her a wealth of experience and expertise in commercial IT/IP matters and acts for a broad range of national and international clients. Chambers & Partners 2014 rank Nicky as a Band 1 (Kent) practitioner for Information … Read more
A new General Data Protection regulation was proposed by the European Commission in January 2012, covering such things as: mandatory breach notification for serious breaches the much publicised “right to be forgotten” fines of up to 2% of annual worldwide turnover one law applying throughout the European Union one law applying to companies dealing with … Read more
In Prophet plc v Huggett, the Court of Appeal held that a poorly drafted restrictive covenant which offered the employer no protection should not be rewritten to make it commercially effective and enforceable. Mr Huggett was employed as a sales manager at Prophet, a software developer to the fresh food industry. His employment contract contained … Read more
In Li v First Marine Solutions and another, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruled that a clause in an employment contract entitling an employer to deduct a sum equivalent to the notice period if an employee did not work their notice period was enforceable. Ms Li was employed as a project engineer of First Marine … Read more
Brian Wade and Geraldine Perry devised an idea for a primetime music talent show, to be called The Real Deal, featuring artists who write and perform their own material. The on-screen judges were to be celebrity singer-songwriters. The original tracks the artists performed on the show were to be made available for download from the … Read more
Not always, according to a recent judgment in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC). His Honour Judge Hacon found that product shots of airline accessories commissioned by the client advertiser (Orvec) for its website and print advertising could lawfully be supplied to a competitor of the client by the advertising agency which created the photographs … Read more
A product of the internet age and triggered by the financial crisis, crowdfunding has become an increasingly popular way of raising finance over recent years. It has helped many small and medium enterprises to raise capital using online platforms, where investors can offer funding in respect of a particular business or activity alongside a group … Read more
