Corporate & Commercial

What is ‘safe harbour’? In a nutshell, the Data Protection Act says that you can’t send data overseas unless that data is adequately protected. The Safe Harbour system is the main way of satisfying this requirement and involves U.S companies that handle data relating to EU citizens signing up and self-certifying that they protect that […]

Earlier this year we reported on the key changes that the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (SBEE) will make to the existing legislation and how this may affect your business. Companies House has now published some key dates for your diary in which the transparency and filing provisions (Part 7 and 8 of […]

Thinking of selling your business? Here are my top 10 tips: Keep focused on the business: while your focus may be somewhat shifted towards engineering the sale of the business, it is advised that you employ a qualified team to ensure that the running of the business continues successfully. Employ a legal team to organise […]

A UK company has been forced to give up seven domain names using the words “Star Wars”, following action by Lucasfilm which is owned by media giant, Disney. Abscissa.com Limited, a fancy dress retailer from Berkshire, registered two of the addresses –starwars.co.uk and star-wars.co.uk – in 2003 after Lucasfilm, the production company behind the Star […]

“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 […]

From 1 October 2015, the new Consumer Rights Act 2015 replaces a number of existing laws relating to the supply of goods, services and digital content for contracts made from that date. Here are three key changes: (1) A more straightforward remedy to a consumer who has been given misleading information in the sale of […]

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 […]

From 1 October 2015, the new Consumer Rights Act 2015 replaces a number of existing laws; consolidating eight pieces of separate legislation into a single piece of new legislation. The Act will change the rules relating to the supply of goods, services and digital content for contracts made from that date. In brief the new […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

If you were shopping online and saw your face on a t-shirt, how would you react? Would it be a moment of surprise, shock, horror, delight…..? Melanie Armsdon is one individual who encountered this situation and her reaction was one of shock. Ms Armsdon had published a selfie on Instagram featuring her hair in a […]