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What we say about the firm's legal practice in London

TMT (technology, media and telecoms)

Within Patent attorneys: London, Gill Jennings & Every LLP is a first tier firm,

Gill Jennings & Every LLP fields a team of 11 partners across its life sciences and IT and engineering groups, and is well regarded for its ‘personal service’ and ‘technical background’. Highlights included cases for new client Research In Motion, and patent filings across UK, Europe and the US for Oracle. On the life sciences side, it successfully defended an opposition to a European patent related to brain tumour therapy for Ark Therapeutics. Other clients include Mastercard, P&G, Bose and Lupin Pharma. Notable individuals include Robert Skone James, Helen Jones, Peter Finnie and Robert Perry. Stephen Haley provides ‘relevant background experience of working in Japanese industry’.

Within Trade mark attorneys: London, Gill Jennings & Every LLP is a second tier firm,

Gill Jennings & Every LLP is ‘results oriented and cost sensitive’, and is noted for its negotiation skills. It recently launched a litigation group. Recent work includes anti-counterfeiting advice to Under Armour and WWE, while other clients include Hasbro, Premier Foods and Hornby Hobbies. ‘The close-knit and cohesive team’ is led by Philip Harris, who is ‘very accessible and practical’. Also recommended are Alasdair MacQuarrie, Rowena Powell and ‘up-and-coming’ senior associate Mark Devaney.


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    In Nzinga Maswaku v Westminster City Council [2012] EWCA Civ 669 the Court of Appeal clarified that in offering a homeless person with alternative temporary accommodation the local authority is obliged to point that if the offer is refused it has discharged its Part VII duties under the Housing Act 1996.
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  • COUNCIL TAX

    In Harrow LBC v Ayiku [2012] EWHC 1200 (Admin) Sales J held that the word “or” in the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) Order 1992, art 3 Class N, had a disjunctive meaning, therefore it was sufficient for the non-British spouse of a foreign student to satisfy one or other of the two conditions, namely being prevented from taking paid employment or being prevented from claiming benefits, in order to qualify as a “relevant person” who was exempted from liability to pay council tax.
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  • QUEEN’S SPEECH

    Bills already introduced pursuant to the Queen’s Speech on 9 May 2012 include Local Government Finance Bill and Electoral Registration and Administration Bill, both accompanied by Explanatory Notes, which in each case address ECHR compatibility.
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  • Standards

    In R (Calver) v Adjudication Panel for Wales [2012] EWHC 1172 (Admin) Mr Calver was a member of Manorbier Community Council who successfully challenged the decision of the Panel to dismiss his appeal against a decision by Prembrokeshire County Council Standards Committee censuring him for a number of comments or blogs posted by him on a website he owned and controlled.
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  • A justified retrospective

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  • Public Sector Equality Duty (“PSED”)

    In R (Greenwich Community Law Centre) v Greenwich LBC [2012] EWCA Civ 496 the Court of Appeal held that the Council had had “due regard to the PSED when making changes to its funding of community legal advice services”. At para 30 Elias LJ said:
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  • Public Sector Equality Duty

    Surrey County Council conducted a review of its Library Service. This culminated in a Report to the Council’s Cabinet. The Recommendations in the Report included that there should be consultation about a community-partnership approach at selected Libraries.
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  • Judicial Review

    The Judgment of Lindblom J in The Manydown Co Ltd v Basingstoke and Deane BC [2012] EWHC 977 (Admin) repays attention. The Claimant sought to challenge by judicial review 2 decisions of the Council: (1) the Council’s refusal to reconsider its position on the development of a site that it owns (and is the subject matter of a Joint Development Partnership Agreement with the Claimant); and (2) a decision of the Council’s Cabinet approving a selection of sites for development which did not include this site.
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  • The Health and Social Care Act 2012: impact on adult social services

    After its torrid passage through Parliament, the Health and Social Care Bill received Royal Assent on 27 March 2012. The Act deals principally with healthcare reform, but it also contains some amendments to the legislative framework for social care. It will come into force on a day yet to be appointed by the Secretary of State.
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