[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]….and they don’t come bigger than that of the world’s richest man, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (aged 54). Mr Bezos’ current net worth of $137 billion (approximately £107 billion) will be shared with his wife (aged 48). Their divorce will be dealt with under the state laws of Washington which operates a “community property” model…
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]In the case of Shanks-v-Unilever Plc the Supreme Court had to consider what amounts to an “outstanding benefit” for the purposes of determining whether an employee who has made an invention belonging to an employer for which a patent has been granted is entitled to compensation pursuant to s.40(1) of the Patents Act 1977?…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]January is always a busy time for Divorce lawyers and today is the day that more people start Divorce proceedings than any other day in the year. HM Courts and Tribunal Service received 455 online Divorce applications between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day with 13 (unlucky for some) submitted on Christmas day itself. The…
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Everyone has heard this phrase which is particularly pertinent at this time of year. We are a nation of pet lovers and yet it is estimated that thousands of pet owners in the UK also die each year without making any arrangement for their pets in the event of their death. If you do…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Supreme Court, which is the UK’s highest court, has dismissed an emergency application from lawyers for Noel Conway, a retired lecturer who is paralysed from the neck down by progressive motor neurone disease, to hear a right-to-die case challenging the legal ban on assisted dying. The three Supreme Court justices acknowledged that the issue…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Yellow Belly beer, brewed by Buxton Brewery, which is at the centre of a trademark dispute, will cease production.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”16782″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]An objection to the name Yellow Belly was raised by Batemans Brewery earlier this year. Batemans said the name Yellow Belly was too similar to its Yella Belly Gold. Buxton Brewery said they spoke to…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Bethany Probert, a 13 year old girl, was severely injured walking along the carriageway on a 60mph unlit road at 5:00pm in December 2009. A hedgerow required her to walk in the road.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”16787″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The defendant driver, Mr Moore said that Bethany was also partly to blame in that it was dark and she was…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Christmas and New Years Opening Times 2018″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text] Please note the office will be closed from 5.00pm on Friday 21st December 2018 and will re-open 9.00am on Wednesday 2nd January 2019. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
[vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]British microchip-maker Imagination Technologies have called off a threatened legal action against Apple over a dispute regarding its graphics technology. In 2017 it emerged that Apple planned to design its own iPhone graphics processors instead of using Imagination’s designs. Imagination’s shares crashed and eventually it was sold off to Canyon Bridge for £550m. Imagination had…
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Last month from the 26th to the 30th of November was “Good Divorce Week” (is there really such a thing?!) which fell during the governments divorce law consultation. Our divorce law is now over 50 years old. There are over 100,000 couples who start Divorce proceedings each year. You may know that unless you…