Stewart J has dismissed Brick Lane’s ACL[1] and passing off complaints against the get-up of Torquay Beverage Co’s Better Beers.

Some facts

On July 21, 2021Brick Lane issued a press release announcing the launch of its new Sidewinders Hazy Pale ale, a no to low alcohol beer. The range had been in development, behind the scenes, since September or November 2020. Sales of the product to the public began around 2 August 2021 including in outlets such as Dan Murphy’s.

The domain name had been registered and and Instagram account created on 9

Burley J has ruled that Uniden’s XTrak mobile radio product would infringe GME’s registered design.

Uniden had begun displaying in Australia images of its Xtrak product on its website and in its online shop, but was not yet selling the product. After an exchange of correspondence in which Uniden refused to disclose its proposed launch date, GME sought an interlocutory injunction to restrain infringement of its registered design. Instead, Burley J listed the matter for the early final hearing:

How good is that?

Helpfully, Burley J’s decision includes images of the prior art as well as the registered design and

In this post, Henry Powell (Associate) and Antoni Hajdon (Of Counsel) in the Real Estate Disputes team at CMS, comment on the case of Barton & Ors v Morris & Anor in place of Gwyn Jones (deceased) [2023] UKSC 3 – handed down on 25 January 2023.

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal by a majority given in the judgment of Lady Rose. The case is considered whether payment of commission / renumeration fell due where the only term for payment that was clearly agreed between the parties was not fulfilled. The use of implied terms or unjust enrichment to

Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website.

This week, the Supreme Court is hearing two cases.

On Monday 13^th and Tuesday 14^th February 2023, the Court will hear the case of Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses v BXBon appeal from [2021] EWCA 356. The Court of Appeal found that the Trustees were vicariously liable for a rape committed by one of their elders, and the Trustees are appealing against this decision. The hearing will take place in Courtroom One, with the Tuesday sitting being a half day.

The ILPC Book Launch Event – Media Freedom in the Age of Citizen Journalism (Elgar Law 2021) took place on 11th May. The ILPC was delighted to host this online event and congratulates former ILPC Research Associate Dr Peter Coe (University of Reading) on ​​its publications.

This timely and highly topical event was organized as a panel discussion with an impressive and international panel of speakers from academia, regulation, and legal practice – Professor David Rolph (University of Sydney), Professor Paul Wragg (University of Leeds), Rebecca Moosavian ( University of Leeds), Lexie Kirkconnell-Kawana (Head of Regulation at IMPRESS), and

Feb 8 (Reuters) – Russia accused the United States on Wednesday of failing to issue visas to Russian delegates to the United Nations and of restricting the movements of its diplomats and said it would pursue arbitration proceedings.

In an interview with the RIA news agency, Russian foreign ministry official Pyotr Ilyichev said the United States had failed to comply with the 1947 UN Headquarters Agreement, which prohibited most restrictions on diplomats’ access to the United Nations.

“The US is raising increasing doubts about the validity of its right to retain its status as host state for the UN Headquarters,”

Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website.

On Tuesday 7th February 2023 the Court will hear Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v Vermilion Holdings Ltd (Scotland), on appeal from [2021] CSHI 45. The Court will consider if it is the right or opportunity for Mr Noble to acquire the 2007 Option (a) available by reason of his directorship of VHL (section 471(1) ITEPA); or (b) made available by Mr Noble’s employer (section 471(3) ITEPA), thereby subjecting it to income tax under Chapter 5, Part 7 of ITEPA. The hearing will begin

Harvard Law School professor Daphna Renan gave a critique of judicial supremacy — the idea that the Supreme Court is the final authority on the interpretation of the US Constitution — at an event on Thursday.

Renan delivered the inaugural lecture, hosted by the Law School, as the newly appointed Peter B. Munroe and Mary J. Munroe Professor of Law. Thursday’s lecture previewed a new book Renan is co-writing with HLS fellow professor Nikolas “Niko” Bowie.

Renan began by expressing support for “porous legalism,” or a more flexible legal system that would de-emphasize the separations between the judicial, executive, and