This Week in the Supreme Court – week commencing 9th January 2023 – UKSCBlog

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

On Wednesday 11 January the Court will hand-down judgment in McCue (as guardian for Andrew McCue) (AP) v Glasgow City Council (Scotland) [2023] UKSC 1, on appeal from [2020] CSHI 51. The key issue concerns whether the Respondent’s charging policy for community care services is discriminatory. The Respondent, a local authority, has the power to charge for its services, although certain deductions may be applied to reduce the contribution payable. This appeal concerns the Respondent’s decision to allow only certain deductions together with the validity of the

Singapore Maintains Hard-Line Take on Goodwill in Million-Dollar Wonton Noodle Feud

In Singapore, the popular eatery “ENG’S Wonton Noodles” is known for its springy noodles, luscious wonton dumplings and fiery chilli sauce. Its popularity attracted more than S$1.6 million in revenue one year, but a fallout between the founder’s children and their business partners led to multiple disputes, including a dispute over trade mark rights to the “ENG’S” name in Pauline New Ping Ping v Eng’s Char Siew Wantan Mee Pte. Ltd. [2022] SGIPOS 10.

Ng Ba Eng (Eng) inherited the wonton noodle business from his father around 1962 and operated it with his son, Desmond Ng (Desmond

Brake and Anor v Chedington Court Estate Ltd – UKSCBlog

In this post, Tara McCarthy and James Warshaw, associates in the litigation team at CMS, preview the decision awaited from the Supreme Court in Brake and Anor v Chedington Court Estate Ltd.

Factual Background

The respondents in the Supreme Court are a married couple, Mr and Mrs Brake, and their son. Mr and Mrs Brake lived on a farm which they ran as a wedding and events venue in partnership with a third party. Mr and Mrs Brake contributed the farm as property of the partnership. The partnership later acquired legal title to the cottage which was transferred to

Big Hit Music Shares Update On Legal Action Against Violation Of BTS And TXT’s Rights

Big Hit Music has released new statements about its legal response to the violation of its artists’ rights.

On June 29, Big Hit Music shared two separate statements regarding the protection of its artists BTS and TXT against personal attacks such as maliciously edited posts, false rumors, sexual harassment, and more.

Big Hit Music’s full English statement regarding BTS is as follows:

Hello.
This is Big Hit Music.

Our company regularly initiates legal proceedings against perpetrators of malicious activities related to BTS, including defamation, personal attacks, sexual harassment, the spread of groundless information, and ill-intentioned criticism. We would like to

Trademark Purposes and Infringements in Germany: The Significance of Potential Revocation and Non-Use

Hamburg, Germany – Not solely identified for its well-known seafood and the third largest European seaport for items and cargo dealing with1but in addition a substantial and noteworthy jurisdiction in relation to the safety and enforcement of commerce mark rights in preliminary proceedings.

The Larger Regional Court docket of Hamburg present in a latest commerce mark dispute in preliminary injunction proceedings (Determination of 29 September 2022 – 5 U 91/21) between the “Deutsche Telekom” (“Deutsche Telekom” (“Claimant”) and the Spanish telecommunication firm “Telefónica” and its German subsidiary (collectively “Defendants”), that the appliance and use

Candey Ltd v Crumpler and one other (as Joint Liquidators of Peak Accommodations and Resorts Ltd (In Liquidation)) [2022] UKSC 35 – UKSC Weblog

Candey Ltd, the appellant, acted as a solicitor for Peak Accommodations & Resorts Ltd (“PHRL”) between April 2014 and March 2016 in respect of worldwide litigation and numerous different issues. One such matter was an motion within the Excessive Court docket in London, known as “the London Litigation”.

On 21 October 2015, PHRL entered into a set charge settlement (the “FFA”) with the appellant, underneath which the appellant agreed to proceed to behave for PHRL in return for a set charge (the “Mounted Payment”). Cost of the Mounted Payment was deferred till the handing down of judgment on legal responsibility

New Michigan law means alcohol sales could be coming to Spartan Stadium soon

Michigan State fans could have the opportunity to enjoy an alcoholic beverage inside Spartan Stadium this upcoming season.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer officially signed Senate Bill 247 on Tuesday, which allows public universities to obtain liquor licenses to sell alcoholic beverages during football, basketball and hockey games. This means Michigan State will now have the opportunity to pursue offering alcohol at games this upcoming season — should the university choose to do so.

Michigan State athletic director Alan Haller has previously supported the idea of ​​alcohol sales at Spartan Stadium so with this new law in place one can assume

McCulloch and others (Appellants) v Forth Valley Health Board (Respondent) (Scotland) – UKSCBlog

This case is concerned with the extent to which a doctor is required, under the duty of care owed to a patient, to inform the patient about alternative possible treatments to the one that is being recommended.

In Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11 (“Montgomery”), the Supreme Court held that a doctor is under a duty to take reasonable care to ensure that the patient is aware of any material risks involved in any recommended treatment, and of any reasonable alternative or variant treatments. Following that decision, the main issue in this case is what test should be