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In Little Miracles Ltd v Oliver, the court refused to make a final charging order against a defendant's interest in a property where a claimant was trying to enforce an order for damages and costs which were debts provable in the defendant's bankruptcy and there was...
On 13 October 2022, the ECJ ruled on whether, under the Commercial Agents Directive (86/653/EC) (Directive), a sub-agent was entitled to a share of the indemnity awarded to the main agent on termination of the main agent's agreement with its principal. Under Article...
This blog will look at the question of ‘How do I issue new shares in my company’ but before we get there, let’s have a quick recap on shares. Shares in a private limited company have the three following features: They deal with voting rights - they can either be...
Firstly - What Are Aged Debts? Aged Debts, and debtors, are your customers and clients that owe you money, following the delivery of goods or services and production of an invoice. If you operate any kind of accounts system, such as Xero, QuickBooks etc, then you...
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In Braceurself Limited v NHS England [2022] EWHC 2348 (TCC), the Technology and Construction Court held that although NHS England had made a manifest error when assessing the claimant's tender, which affected the overall score awarded, the breach was not sufficiently...
The Patents Court (Shenzhen Carku Technology Co Ltd v The NOCO Company [2022] EWHC 2034 (Pat)) considered whether a complaint made to Amazon by the patent owner using Amazon's UK IPR complaints procedure in relation to the claimant's relevant products was a threat of...
In Au Vodka Ltd v NE10 Vodka Ltd and another [2022] EWHC 2371 (Ch), the High Court rejected an application for an interim injunction in a passing off claim brought by Au Vodka Ltd based on the allegedly deceptively similar get-up of the claimant's vodka and that of...
Can I Sell My Business Without A Solicitor? Are you thinking about selling your business? Even if you’ve done it a hundred times before, there’s a number of very good reasons why you should probably use a solicitor to sell your business. You might be tempted to deal...
The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court has upheld a claim for passing off of a pop band name. It also held that the first defendant's trade mark for the name was invalid because it had been applied for in bad faith. The first claimant company was incorporated in...
NFTs are certificates of authenticity for virtual goods. This article discusses the overlap between NFTs and UK Intellectual Property law such as Copyright and Trademarks.
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