The answer, in short, is no. Although a verbal agreement is legally binding in the eyes of the law, its legitimacy can be called into question. In a case that relies on the evidence of a verbal contract, the appointed judge is asked to decide which version of events he […]
Legal Limbo-land: May sets deadline for Article 50, but legislative future to remain uncertain The Prime Minister Theresa May announced that Article 50 will be triggered before the end of March and that the next Queens Speech, due to take place in April or May 2017, will include the optimistically […]
No detail is too small The finer print or the last few pages of your contract may save you tens of thousands of pounds Before issuing a claim at the County Court or the High Court, check the terms of your contract. By reading through the terms of your contract, […]
There is always more than one option Invariably whenever a dispute arises the first thoughts that may spring into somebody’s mind is we have no alternative but to go to court, and how much will it cost me. Although court you may feel that court action is the only resort, […]
The Battle of the Glee’s The Court of Appeal have upheld a High Court ruling made in 2014 that Twentieth Century Fox’s TV series Glee infringes the trade mark, ‘The Glee Club’, a UK trade mark registered by Comic Enterprises Limited (Comic Enterprises). Comic Enterprises runs comedy and cabaret venues […]
Proposed Civil Court Changes – Shifts to online court An online court would provide the opportunity to use modern IT to create a court which will enable civil disputes of low value to be justly resolved. Essentially it would digitise the entire court system accessed by way of a common […]
On 23 June 2016 the UK decided to leave the EU, which no doubt came as a shock to everyone, including those who voted to leave. Nobody expected to wake up the following morning to see that the UK has left and that as a result the Prime Minister, who […]
