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08

Jun

2023

Creators of John Lewis Dragon Advert Cleared of 'Copying' Allegation

Written by Julian Milan

Creative people often live in fear of allegations that they have copied someone else's work. However, as a High Court case concerning a CGI dragon featured in a John Lewis TV advert showed, the law provides a route to vindication for those on the...

06

Jun

2023

Divorce – Serious Wrongdoing Can Affect Financial Awards

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Written by Teresa Mannion

When it comes to dealing with the financial aspects of divorce, the question of where blame lies for marital breakdown is, from a judicial point of view, very often neither here nor there. However, as one case showed, there are occasions when a...

05

Jun

2023

What to Do with a Deadlocked Company? High Court Gives Guidance

Written by Julian Milan

What is to be done when a company falls into paralysing deadlock, with equal shareholders unable to agree about anything? A judge addressed that issue in a case concerning a former husband and wife whose business and personal relationships had...

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