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April 2011 Blog Posts (33)
Ralli to advise Playstation Network customers after data hack
Ralli is set to advise Playstation Network customers after being alerted by users that their personal details may have been unlawfully used by hackers.
After successfully representing a number of defendants in the recent ACS:Law copyright case, we believe that there are a legal implications…
Read MoreAdded by Ralli on April 28, 2011 — 2 Comments
Tweet in haste, repent at leisure
Welsh Councillor Colin Elsbury has been ordered to pay £3000 in damages and £50,000 in costs to a political rival in what is believed to be the first order in damages made by a UK Court over comments made on Twitter.
Elsbury's tweet came during a by-election in 2009 during which he stood for election to Caerphilly Town Council against the Claimant, Eddie Talbot – Elsbury claimed that Talbot had been removed from a Polling Station by Police during the Hustings and eventually went on… Read More
Elsbury's tweet came during a by-election in 2009 during which he stood for election to Caerphilly Town Council against the Claimant, Eddie Talbot – Elsbury claimed that Talbot had been removed from a Polling Station by Police during the Hustings and eventually went on… Read More
Added by Steve Kuncewicz on April 27, 2011 — Defero Law
The Defamation Bill – a libel law for the 21st century?
Much like the claimants who use it, defamation law in the UK has long been a target for intense criticism.
Our defamation law is notoriously 'claimant-friendly', to the point that anyone looking to bring a claim in the UK - whether an individual, business or other corporate body - does not have to prove that any actual harm to their reputation has taken place to be successful, reversing the 'burden of proof' to presume that harm to the claimant and leaving it to defendants to prove… Read More
Our defamation law is notoriously 'claimant-friendly', to the point that anyone looking to bring a claim in the UK - whether an individual, business or other corporate body - does not have to prove that any actual harm to their reputation has taken place to be successful, reversing the 'burden of proof' to presume that harm to the claimant and leaving it to defendants to prove… Read More
Added by Steve Kuncewicz on April 27, 2011 — Defero Law
Comment is free? - OFT crackdown on celebrity Twitter endorsements
Celebrity endorsement of a product or service is nothing new, but in the evolving world of social media, it's a brand new way for the rich and famous to make themselves and their commercial partners even richer
In the US, tweeting for sale is already an industry in itself, and it's a big business – reality TV Star Kim Kardashian and rapper Snoop Dogg are amongst Twitter's top celebrity earners, with Kardashian reportedly earning up to $10,000 for sending a single Tweet to endorse a… Read More
In the US, tweeting for sale is already an industry in itself, and it's a big business – reality TV Star Kim Kardashian and rapper Snoop Dogg are amongst Twitter's top celebrity earners, with Kardashian reportedly earning up to $10,000 for sending a single Tweet to endorse a… Read More
Added by Steve Kuncewicz on April 27, 2011 — Defero Law
The ASA's New Digital Remit - New rules for online advertising
From 1 March 2011, the Advertising Standards Authority (the ASA) will regulate all advertisements online as well as in print and broadcast media including, for the first time, marketing messages on companies' own websites and on non-paid-for services under their control, including social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
Online advertising is a big and growing business, increasingly influential given the sheer amount of time that we all spend on the web, the… Read More
Online advertising is a big and growing business, increasingly influential given the sheer amount of time that we all spend on the web, the… Read More
Added by Steve Kuncewicz on April 27, 2011 — Defero Law
Pay As You Go - Phone hacking scandal leads to "compensation fund" for victims
In the latest twist in the long-running “phone-hacking” scandal involving several UK newspapers’ alleged attempts to intercept private voicemail messages of celebrities and other public figures, the News of the World has issued a rare admission of liability and apology.
News International’s dramatic statement comes after a long-running internal investigation and described “past behaviour” as “a matter of genuine regret”. The company is taking steps to set up a compensation scheme for… Read More
News International’s dramatic statement comes after a long-running internal investigation and described “past behaviour” as “a matter of genuine regret”. The company is taking steps to set up a compensation scheme for… Read More
Added by Steve Kuncewicz on April 27, 2011 — Defero Law
Superinjunctivitis and rule by secrecy-Andrew Marr makes the news as well as reporting on it
In the wake of the Government’s plans for the sweeping reform of libel law, the other side of high value celebrity litigation has come under the Media spotlight again this week after BBC reporter Andrew Marr was the most recent public figure to admit that he had obtained a “Superinjunction” in 2008 to protect his family’s privacy by suppressing reports of his affair with a fellow journalist.
Marr’s admission came in an interview with the Daily Mail, in which he said that he “did not… Read More
Marr’s admission came in an interview with the Daily Mail, in which he said that he “did not… Read More
Added by Steve Kuncewicz on April 27, 2011 — Defero Law
How would you like to cut costs by up to 900%?
Do you do your own administration? If the answer is yes think about this…
While you are typing up documents, correspondence, file notes and legal forms you are costing your firm a considerable amount of money. For example you have an hourly rate of £200.00 per hour and spend two hours per day on non-chargeable admin tasks. Those two hours will cost your firm £400.00. You wouldn’t pay a secretary that amount would you?
A virtual legal secretary costs in the…
Read MoreAdded by Rachel MacLeod on April 26, 2011 — Defero Law
ACS:Law/Media C.A.T-Judge Birss allows wasted costs application to proceed
Judgment was today handed down in the Patents County Court in the wasted and third party costs actions brought by a…
Read MoreAdded by Ralli on April 26, 2011 — Defero Law
Family Business Lawyers Point to Succession Success
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Read MoreAdded by Andrea Tobin on April 19, 2011 — 2 Comments
Primogeniture - a thing of the past?
Primogeniture was the custom of land inheritance whereby the entire estate passes to the eldest son. In the past this method of estate planning was accepted as the "norm" but now times are changing!
Andrew Way of Latimer Hinks Solcitiors comments..."We no longer live in the era of Downton Abbey, or even prior to that, when primogeniture was the accepted reality of inheritance. This is a way of… Read More
Andrew Way of Latimer Hinks Solcitiors comments..."We no longer live in the era of Downton Abbey, or even prior to that, when primogeniture was the accepted reality of inheritance. This is a way of… Read More
Added by Andrea Tobin on April 19, 2011 — Defero Law
Limited Liability Roadshow Returns For Manchester Homecoming
After stopping off in Nottingham, Sheffield, Liverpool, Leeds and London, a joint LLP seminar will be returning to advise Manchester business owners of the opportunities and pitfalls of LLPs.
The number of Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) in the UK has reached an all-time high and business owners are invited to attend the interactive seminar on Wednesday 11th May at the Digital World Centre, Salford Quays.
The financial strains of the recession have put a lot of pressure…
Read MoreAdded by Ralli on April 14, 2011 — Defero Law
Case comment: Validity of Damages Act being upheld by Inner House
Validity of Damages Act being upheld by Inner House
The First Division of the Court of Session has upheld the validity of the Damages (Asbestos-related Conditions)(Scotland) Act 2009. The Act restores the right to claim damages for personal injury to those diagnosed as suffering from pleural plaques – benign scarrings of the lung membranes brought about by exposure to asbestos fibres. That right to claim damages had been removed by the decision of the…
Added by Ampersand on April 14, 2011 — Defero Law
Worse Off Wednesday - SoS for CLG v. Welwyn Hatfield BC
Last Wednesday (6th April) was commonly known as “Worse Off Wednesday” because it was the date that many of Coalition’s budgetary cuts (including tax and benefit changes) really started to impact on households.
It will probably be remembered as Worse Off Wednesday by Mr and Mrs Beesley too but for entirely different reasons. On 6th April the Supreme Court handed down judgment in the final episode of the long-running saga of the Beesley’s house/barn.
If you just can’t…
Added by Scott Stemp on April 12, 2011 — 2 Comments
Workplace Mediation - It's not Voodoo
It's true. Without the need for witchcraft and voodoo you too can have a happy workforce. "How?" I hear you cry disbelievingly... workplace mediation is the answer, simples.
I'm writing this as a lawyer and a mediator and whilst there is most certainly a time and a place for an employee or employer to have their chance to say "I'll see you in court" (come on, everyone should get to say it at least once in their life) there is also an increasingly large space for mediation too.… Read More
I'm writing this as a lawyer and a mediator and whilst there is most certainly a time and a place for an employee or employer to have their chance to say "I'll see you in court" (come on, everyone should get to say it at least once in their life) there is also an increasingly large space for mediation too.… Read More
Added by Helen Upson on April 11, 2011 — Defero Law
Editor Q&A with Robin Dicks on Law Firm Client Research
Acronyms. Not what they were, are they? Texting and Twitter have saturated the market, created a demand that didn’t exist when people used to talk to each other.
WTF?? :-) LOL, I hear you pound on your iPhone screen.
CRM - anyone out there know what 
that is an acronym for? Client Relationship Management, of course, and it’s one that Robin Dicks of…
Added by Richard Pettet on April 11, 2011 — 2 Comments
Tax and Taxis
‘I had that Christopher Marlowe in my boat once.’
Taxi-Boatman in ‘Shakespeare in Love’
It seems from an article in the Daily Telegraph that the story of London black cabs really did begin on the Thames. From Anglo-Saxon times, watermen charged to row customers across the river. Christopher Wren used to take a ‘water taxi’…
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Added by Ann Humphrey on April 8, 2011 — Defero Law
Make Your General Counsel Look Good
I love me a great general counsel panel. While they often times say what I expect, which is fine because that reinforces my preconceptions, there are always those golden nuggets that change those perceptions as well.
This general counsel panel, Achieving Greater Collaboration – What you Need to Know to Get to a Win-Win Relationship with Your Clients, has to be one of the best… Read More
This general counsel panel, Achieving Greater Collaboration – What you Need to Know to Get to a Win-Win Relationship with Your Clients, has to be one of the best… Read More
Added by Heather Morse on April 7, 2011 — Defero Law
First Doctor of Medicine from Hafezis Home Village (Social Mobilty)
Social mobility is flavour of the month in England at the moment and I have always believed education as the only sure way of moving up the social ladder.
Added by Abdul-Aziz Hafezi on April 7, 2011 — 3 Comments
Termination Payments
Well its all change in Employment Law today, one of those changes is the Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 coming into force which will affect the PAYE treatment of termination payments made to ex-employees after a P45 has been issued.
Previously, if a taxable termination payment…
Read MoreAdded by Helen Upson on April 6, 2011 — Defero Law
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