var addthis_pub=”bevans1986″;I must apologise, it has been ages since my last post. Basically the LPC (Distinction lovely!) and then starting a training contract as soon as I finished really got in the way of blogging.However I am determined to get writing again so look out!

var addthis_pub=”bevans1986″;I must apologise, it has been ages since my last post. Basically the LPC (Distinction lovely!) and then starting a training contract as soon as I finished really got in the way of blogging.However I am determined to get writing again so look out!

var addthis_pub=”bevans1986″;This article looks at the law of defamation, it’s defences and possible remedies.A defamatory statement is one which tends to lower the claimant in the estimation of right-thinking members of society generally (Sim v Stretch [1936] 2 ALL ER 1237 and can be split into two areas: libel (this is recorded defamatory material) and…

var addthis_pub=”bevans1986″;England and Newcastle footballer Michael Owen has succeeded in his defamation claim against the Daily Express. The striker has had an injury plagued career which reached an all time low with the relegation of his club Newcastle United to the Coca-Cola Championship. In the article the Daily Express claimed that he was on the…

var addthis_pub=”bevans1986″;Metal favourites Black Sabbath are involved in an internal trade mark dispute.Lead singer Ozzy Osbourne (famous for among other things biting the head off a bat whilst on stage) is reportedly suing the band’s guitarist Tony Iommi over the rights to the bands name. Iommi registered ‘Black Sabbath’ as a trade mark in the…

var addthis_pub=”bevans1986″;A number of England’s top football clubs have combined in order to win a ground-breaking domain name dispute at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).Fulham, Liverpool, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham joined forces to make a claim under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy. The WIPO panel stated that “little (if…