Giant car rental companies met head-to-head in court after both of them adopted a stylised lower case ‘e’ as their corporate logos. The High Court upheld trade mark infringement and passing off claims by one
In a case which highlighted the impact of legal aid cuts on the family justice system, a teenager who faced being cross-examined in court by a man accused of sexually abusing her will instead be
A company (company A) which specialises in ecologically friendly investments has won an asset freezing injunction against those it accuses of perpetrating a £2.2 million fraud relating to a 35 hectare plot of Brazilian teak
A family company which for over 50 years has led the field in the manufacture of ice cream vans has won the right to substantial compensation after convincing the High Court that a rival business
A company which engaged in disastrous currency swaps with an investment bank is facing up to a bill for more than $4 million after the High Court ruled that it could not escape liability by
Controversial charges imposed on those who use Employment Tribunals (ETs) have been approved by the High Court – despite a trade union’s plea that they discriminate against the poor, weak and vulnerable, rendering their employment rights
In a test case which helps to define the outer limits of disability discrimination, the Court of Appeal has ruled that a bus company was not obliged to have in place a policy requiring mothers
Copyright judges are, it seems, expected to have an eye for fashion as well as the finer points of intellectual property law. A ‘tribal’ print used in a high street retailer’s dress range came under
A Saudi Arabian prince who said that he was prevented by ‘protocol’ from engaging in extraordinarily bitter commercial litigation in London has been landed with a multi-million-dollar bill as a consequence of his failure to
In an unusual case, which involved a High Court judge considering copyright issues in relation to pornographic photos, a businessman who authorised wholesale ‘lifting’ of images from a popular ‘escorts’ website is facing up to
