The Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge to an arbitrator in a dispute between Chubb, the insurance company, and Halliburton, an oil services corporation, arising out of the Deepwater...

Since the referendum result on 23 June 2016, brand owners have been seeking clarity as to the treatment of their valuable intellectual property rights post-Brexit.

Fendi, Loewe, Dior, Celine and LVMH have successfully pursued an online reseller and its influencer founder over sales of high-quality counterfeit goods, securing £213,000 in damages. The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court confirmed that a low price alone does not excuse a counterfeiter from damages liability, establishing that brands can be compensated for lost sales even when customers knowingly choose cheaper fakes over genuine products.

The single issue before the Supreme Court was who should pay the costs of implementing the website blocking order – the ISPs or the rights owners.

The US Supreme Court gave its judgement on a critical question of contributory and vicarious (or secondary) copyright infringement at the end of June 2005. It was decided that the makers of software and the providers of a network, both of which were widely used for copying copyright material, were potentially liable for contributory and vicarious infringement.

Online gambling operators have been warned that they must remove unfair restrictions placed on customers withdrawing money from their gambling accounts or face enforcement action...

Rising business rates and overheads. Low consumer spending. Empty high street shops.

For intellectual property owners policing their rights on the internet, domain name WHOIS services have been a hugely valuable tool.

There's now less than three months to go until the minimum energy efficiency standard (or MEES) comes into force for commercial properties.

There's now less than three months to go until the minimum energy efficiency standard (or MEES) comes into force for commercial properties.

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The corporate offence of "failing to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion" came into force on 30 September 2017.

The Supreme Court judgement in Project Blue has been eagerly awaited. Whilst the detail of the case is largely of historic interest ...

In his Pre-Budget Report the Chancellor announced possible changes to the taxation of non-domiciled individuals living in the UK, commonly known as "non-doms". HM Treasury has now published a consultation document on the proposals. The changes are likely to take effect from 06 April 2008 and will have a huge impact on many non-doms.

The Financial Stability Board ("FSB"), an international organisation that monitors and makes recommendations about the global financial system, has published a report on financial sector...

The Court of Appeal has referred questions to the CJEU in Sandoz v Searle on the meaning of Article 3(a) of the SPC Regulation which requires that a 'product is protected by a basic patent in force'.

The FCA's non-financial misconduct rules, which came into force on 1 September 2026, now require all regulated firms to treat serious cases of bullying, harassment, sexual misconduct and violence as regulatory compliance issues rather than purely HR matters. Managers now carry direct personal accountability for protecting staff and responding appropriately to misconduct, with serious breaches potentially affecting fitness and propriety assessments and regulatory references. Firms must urgently update their

The latest stage in this long-running dispute concerning the validity of the iconic clog design has found that Crocs' prior disclosure of its clog product (through its own sales and marketing activities) ...

It may surprise some to read that there is no automation; Google assigns each request to a least one reviewer for manual review.

The Sentencing Council has published guidelines on the sentences for noncompliance with court orders including failure to surrender to bail and breach of an order disqualifying a person from acting as a director. The new guidelines come into effect from 1 October 2018 and can be found on the Sentencing Council's website.