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‘Family of Trade Marks’ Argument Prevents New Trade Mark Registration

Posted14 January 2013

There have been many cases over the years which deal with ‘family names’ in trade marks – ‘easyJet’ having brought some of the more memorable ones. Recently, US banking...

Council Not Liable for Tree Roots Subsidence

Posted10 January 2013

A property owner whose Victorian townhouse was severely affected by subsidence has failed to convince the Court of Appeal that the local authority and a housing association (the respondents) should...

Paid Holiday for Workers on Long-Term Sick Leave

Posted10 January 2013

The Court of Appeal has confirmed that the entitlement to paid annual leave of a worker who is absent for a whole year owing to sickness does not depend on...

Court of Appeal Says Yes to Successive Freehold Applications

Posted9 January 2013

Tenants wanting to acquire the freehold of their properties under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 may now be permitted to make more than one application, following...

Disclosure of Anonymised Data Does Not Require Consent

Posted7 January 2013

The Data Protection Act 1998 is designed to protect the security of personal information, which is information that it is ‘reasonably likely’ could be used to identify individuals when matched...

Interest on Missing Son’s Life Assurance Taxable

Posted4 January 2013

When a geologist went missing in Angola in 1998 and was never heard from again, he was presumed to have been killed. Eventually, four years after his disappearance, his...