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10 Nov 2015

Celebrity rights across the pond

Reports of the Paris fashion retailer ElevenParis being ?on the receiving end of a lawsuit jointly filed by five ?of American's biggest music A-listers – Beyoncé, Pharrell Williams, Kanye West, Jay Z, ?and Rihanna – has reignited interest in the protection of famous personalities' global merchandise rights. 

10 Nov 2015

Taming the in-house IT guru

Russell Conway says managing partners must understand the latest advances in technology

5 Nov 2015

Fair is foul and foul is fair?

The Supreme Court's tackling of the law on contractual penalties will have businesses revisiting their liquidated damages clauses, explains Theo Barclay

4 Nov 2015

Courts must prepare for 'barrage' of guilty pleas

New sentencing guidelines could see businesses entering early pleas to avoid £20m fines, says health and safety expert

3 Nov 2015

Competing interests in 'commercial property

Denize Akbulut, Katherine Ochynski, and Hannah Rickard consider a case on pre-pack administrations, an ownership dispute, and the consultation on energy efficient taxes

3 Nov 2015

A balancing act between landowner and squatter

The latest squatting scandal has seen a ?group of around ?30 people, including children, who call themselves 'Diggers', being evicted from Runnymede eco-village in Surrey.

3 Nov 2015

Passage to Italian real estate

Most experts believe that now is the ?time for real estate investors to either enter or return to the Italian market.  

30 Oct 2015

Solicitor has mint idea

A British lawyer will close his Spanish law practice to expand sales of his 'heat tolerant sweets', the Spanish -climate's equivalent of Mint Imperials.