“BREAKING NEWS: Twitter is hiding tweets reported stolen. And it’s referring to the author as a ‘copyright holder’” The tweet was made on Saturday 25 July 2015 by @PlagiarismBad in reference to copyright infringement over Twitter. @PlagiarismBad detected five lifted tweets that plagiarised a joke referring to ‘juice cleansing’ composed by writer and comedian Olga Lexell […]

The Court of Appeal made a landmark ruling yesterday in relation to a claim against a Will made by a daughter of the deceased. The case involved a Will of Malita Jackson who had died in 2004 leaving her estate to be split between The Blue Cross, The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds […]

Scotland Yard has defended a picture tweeted by a police helicopter team which appears to show comedian Michael McIntyre standing in a London street. The ground operations director for the NPAS, Superintendent Richard Watson, said: “We are aware of the tweet and, as far as we are aware, it does not breach any data protection […]

The Transfer Window opened on Wednesday and now is the time of the year when all clubs will look to strengthen their squads with vast amounts of money committed by Premiership Clubs, not only in transfer fees (and invariably Agents commissions) but major investment in players contracts, where the ‘average’ salary is close to £50,000 […]

Does your park have a name which stands out from the crowd? Is there another park with the same name? Are clients confused? What if someone sets up down the road with the same name? Have you heard of trade marks or brand names? A trade mark is basically a method of distinguishing the good/services […]

Last night saw team @LawBlacks take part in the annual Wooden Spoon touch rugby tournament, with the heightened excitement this year of playing on the hallowed turf of Headingley stadium. With the rugby union World Cup coming to the city of Leeds later this year and the following fixtures at Elland Road; Italy vs Canada […]

Where there is ambiguity in a contract or a lease the Courts can interpret the wording in the clause using commercial common sense. In the recent case of Arnold v Britton the Supreme Court was asked, on appeal by a tenant, to apply this approach in determining the service charge provisions in a number of […]

As competitors have increasingly begun to threaten Danish toy company Lego in making somewhat similar toys, the question has turned upon what in fact Lego owns in relation to its figures and whether a competitor would infringe Lego’s rights in making similar toys. A recent challenge to Lego was posed by Best-Lock, a Lancashire-based toymaker, […]

Mortgage fraud is big business, whether for straight profit, by obtaining finance on a property under false pretences, or as a method of laundering money gained by criminal means. What should a property owner look out for? Here are a couple of studies from cases Blacks has dealt with in the recent past: Case study […]

Following on from the introduction of Tenancy Deposits Schemes on 6 April 2007, the Housing Act 2004 has now been amended further to expand and give more protection to Tenants and deposits paid under Assured Shorthold Tenancies. Previously, a landlord was required to protect a deposit under a tenancy deposit scheme and had to do so […]

The Care Act 2014 comes into play in two parts.  From April 2015 Local Authorities were under a duty to assess people for their overall wellbeing, to see if they require any help with daily living. The much heralded financial changes come into force in April 2016 with the “cap on care costs” seen to […]

The British Beer and Pub Association says that around 30 pubs close every week in the UK blaming closures on factors such as high taxes on beer, competition from supermarkets selling cheap alcohol and changing demographics. Whilst it is perhaps laudable that the government has chosen to act to arrest this decline it has perhaps […]