High Court examines factors to consider when assessing damages on user principle
Dickerson and Gibson report on 32Red Plc v WHG (International) Ltd ([2013] EWHC 815 (Ch), April 12 2013). This article first appeared on WTR Daily, part of World Trademark Review, in May 2013.
20 June 2013
Guide to group reorganisations and corporate simplifications
This guide provides an overview of group reorganisations and corporate simplifications, covering the reasons for reorganisations, the process and key issues in the context of a reorganisation.
08 March 2017
Freedom of any information?
Information held by public authorities is potentially disclosable under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 depending on what constitutes "information" and potential reasons for refusing a request.
01 June 2015
Funding - a risk-based approach
The Regulator’s (TPR) revised materials on funding show it will be taking a more flexible approach to assessing the risk a scheme is running than originally proposed.
03 July 2014
Fundamental change to nuisance law: Coventry v Lawrence
The Supreme Court has reviewed and made changes to the law of nuisance in Coventry v Lawrence. A must-read for those behind noise and other emissions, as well as local authorities and developers.
06 March 2014
Gender Pay Audit Advisory Service FAQs
UK employers with 250 or more employees will soon be required to publish gender pay data. The Burges Salmon Employment team has compiled FAQs to explain key issues around the publication of data.
11 June 2015
Gender Pay Audit Advisory Service flyer
UK employers with 250 or more employees will be required to publish gender pay data, likely exposing discover gender pay gaps, which could trigger equal pay claims from workers.
11 June 2015
Gambling, money laundering and reasonable suspicion: a bank's right to freeze accounts
The High Court ruled in Iraj Parvizi v Barclays Bank Plc that a bank freezing a customer's bank account where there was a real suspicion of money laundering did not constitute a breach of contract.
23 April 2015
General Court: submitting evidence of genuine use by means of CD-ROM is acceptable
Jennifer Gibson has authored an article in World Trademark Review Daily on the acceptability of submitting evidence of genuine use by means of CD-ROM.
07 January 2016
General Themes from our RegTech Roundtable with the FCA
Following the FCA’s recent Call for Input on supporting the development of RegTech we give a high level overview of some of the key themes which arose from our roundtable discussion with the FCA.
08 March 2016
General Court dismisses appeal to register SKYPE as a community trade mark
The General Court of the European Union has handed down its judgment in Skype’s appeal in relation to the registration of SKYPE as a community trade mark.
27 May 2015
Greenhouse gas emissions - reporting in the UK
Burges Salmon's Ross Fairley and Richard Manning from the energy and environment team examine the current state of compulsory business greenhouse gas emissions reporting in the UK.
25 April 2016