Wrigley Claydon Solicitors

Category: Dispute Resolution

  • Lidl loses trademark battle over Hendrick’s gin lookalike

    Lidl has been forced to temporarily stop selling a version of one of its own brand gins after being sued by the makers of Hendrick’s gin who claim a trademark has been infringed. Hendrick’s gin bottles bear a diamond-shaped label in a trademark.

    Lidl is defending the case and claims there are “clear and obvious differences” between the Hendrick’s trademark and the Hampstead gin product.

    Lord Clark in the Court of Sessions in Edinburgh stated: “I do consider that there is sufficient material, from the information put before me, to infer (for the purposes of a prima facie case) that there was a deliberate alteration of the get-up of the Hampstead product to seek to cause at least an association with Hendrick’s.

    Suffering a dispute can have serious implications on you and your livelihood and reputation.  Our dispute resolution solicitors will quickly and efficiently put your case together and act on your behalf. Call Vijay Srivastava or Shalish Mehta in our civil and commercial litigation department on 0161 624 6811or email vjs@wrigleyclaydon.com or sm@wrigleyclaydon.com. We can advise you on the appropriate course of action and assist with any legal documents or proceedings that may occur.

    Civil Litigation
    Dispute Resolution
    Commercial Litigation
    Intellectual Property Solicitors

  • Epic Games v Apple Trial

    A trial between Epic Games and Apple began on 4 May 2021 with Epic Games calling the charge imposed by Apple are extortionate and that Apple’s control over the App Store is anti-competitive.

    It believes that developers should be able to make apps for smartphones without having to pay large sums to Apple (and to Google for Google Play purchases).

    Events giving rise to the trial began in August last year when Epic Games’ Fortnite implemented its own in-app payment – bypassing Apple’s 30% charges. Apple removed Epic Games off the App Store.

    Apple is estimated to have made hundreds of millions of dollars from Fortnite alone in charges.

    Suffering a dispute can have serious implications on you and your livelihood and reputation.  Our dispute resolution solicitors will quickly and efficiently put your case together and act on your behalf. Call Vijay Srivastava or Shalish Mehta in our civil and commercial litigation department on 0161 624 6811or email vjs@wrigleyclaydon.com or sm@wrigleyclaydon.com. We can advise you on the appropriate course of action and assist with any legal documents or proceedings that may occur.

    Civil Litigation
    Dispute Resolution
    Commercial Litigation

  • Ex-boxing champion Joe Calzaghe reaches agreement in legal dispute with sister

    Ex-boxing champion Joe Calzaghe has reached an agreement in legal dispute with sister Sonia Prosser who had sued him and their other sister Melissa Calzaghe, in a dispute relating to administration of their late father Enzo’s estate.

    Judge Jarman sitting at Cardiff County Court had been due to oversee an online hearing but lawyers representing all sides told him at the start of the hearing that agreement had been reached.

     

    Suffering a dispute can have serious implications on you and your livelihood and reputation.  Our dispute resolution solicitors will quickly and efficiently put your case together and act on your behalf. Call Vijay Srivastava or Shalish Mehta in our civil and commercial litigation department on 0161 624 6811or email vjs@wrigleyclaydon.com or sm@wrigleyclaydon.com. We can advise you on the appropriate course of action and assist with any legal documents or proceedings that may occur.

  • EU prepares legal case against AstraZeneca over vaccine shortfalls

    The European Union’s executive branch has commenced legal action against AstraZeneca for breaching the terms of its contract with the EU. It holds AstraZeneca responsible for partly delaying their vaccine rollout.

    AstraZeneca’s contract with the EU, signed last August, foresaw an initial 300 million doses for distribution among member countries, with an option for a further 100 million.

    AstraZeneca had hoped to deliver 80 million doses in the first quarter of 2021, but only 30 million were sent. According to the EU, the company is now set to provide 70 million doses in the second quarter, rather than the 180 million it had promised.

    AstraZeneca said in a statement that it “regrets” the commission’s decision to take legal action and it will “strongly defend” itself in court.

    Suffering a dispute can have serious implications on you and your livelihood and reputation.  Our dispute resolution solicitors will quickly and efficiently put your case together and act on your behalf. Call Vijay Srivastava or Shalish Mehta in our civil and commercial litigation department on 0161 624 6811or email vjs@wrigleyclaydon.com or sm@wrigleyclaydon.com. We can advise you on the appropriate course of action and assist with any legal documents or proceedings that may occur.

    Civil Litigation
    Dispute Resolution
    Commercial Litigation

  • Two hospitality bosses launch legal challenge to try to force the UK government to bring forward the reopening date for pubs and restaurants indoors

    The High Court is considering evidence in a case brought by Sacha Lord, the night-time economy adviser for Greater Manchester and a co-founder of Parklife festival, and Hugh Osmond, the founder of Punch Taverns and a former boss at Pizza Express to  try to force the UK government to bring forward the reopening date for pubs and restaurants indoors.

    Pubs and restaurants in England were allowed to welcome customers again from 12 April and the government has set out a timetable aiming to allow hospitality customers indoors in England no earlier than 17 May, although still with restrictions.

     

    However, the Claimants argue there is no justification or scientific basis for hospitality to be kept closed for five weeks after non-essential retailers in England were allowed to serve customers indoors from 12 April.

     

    Suffering a dispute can have serious implications on you and your livelihood and reputation.  Our dispute resolution solicitors will quickly and efficiently put your case together and act on your behalf. Call Vijay Srivastava or Shalish Mehta in our civil and commercial litigation department on 0161 624 6811or email vjs@wrigleyclaydon.com or sm@wrigleyclaydon.com. We can advise you on the appropriate course of action and assist with any legal documents or proceedings that may occur.

    Civil Litigation
    Dispute Resolution
    Commercial Litigation

  • Marks & Spencer launches legal actions against Aldi over Colin the Caterpillar cake rival Cuthbert

    Marks & Spencer (“M&S”) has lodged an intellectual property claim with the High Court against Aldi in an effort to protect its Colin the Caterpillar cake with a claim that Aldi’s Cuthbert the Caterpillar product infringes its trademark.

    M&S argues that the similarity of Aldi’s product leads consumers to believe they are of the same standard and “ride on the coat-tails” of M&S’s reputation with the product. It wants Aldi to remove the product from sale and agree not to sell anything similar in the future.

    M&S has three trademarks relating to Colin, which it believes means Colin has acquired and retains an enhanced distinctive character and reputation.

    Suffering a dispute can have serious implications on you and your livelihood and reputation.  Our dispute resolution solicitors will quickly and efficiently put your case together and act on your behalf. Call Vijay Srivastava or Shalish Mehta in our civil and commercial litigation department on 0161 624 6811or email vjs@wrigleyclaydon.com or sm@wrigleyclaydon.com. We can advise you on the appropriate course of action and assist with any legal documents or proceedings that may occur.

    Civil Litigation
    Dispute Resolution
    Commercial Litigation
    Intellectual Property Solicitors

  • Former footballer turned agent, Barry Silkman wins £800,000 legal battle over ex-wife’s estate

    Barry Silkman, a former Manchester city footballer turned agent, has won an £800,000 court action over his ex-wife’s estate.

    Mr Silkman sued Gaven Love over the Will of Ally Fuller. Mr Silkman split from Ms Fuller in 2003 and she became engaged to Mr Love in 2007.

    Ms Fuller died of cancer in 2016 and left her estate to her daughter. No share of a house was included in the estate as it was bought in Mr Love’s sole name.

    Mr Silkman – as administrator of Ms Fuller’s estate – sued for a share of the property claiming it belonged to his ex-wife and so should go to their daughter as Ms Fuller put significant funds into the property.

    Mr Silkman won his case after a judge ruled that the daughter “should not be kept out of her inheritance”. He relied on a letter written by Ms Fuller and later discovered unsent on her computer.

    Addressed to Mr Love and titled “a few home truths” it set out that it had been agreed between them from the start that the house would be both their property.

    The judge ruled that there had been an agreement that Ms Fuller and Mr Love be joint owners by way of a “common intention constructive trust” and therefore half the equity in the house should go into Ms Fuller’s estate.

    Suffering a dispute can have serious implications on you and your livelihood and reputation.  Our dispute resolution solicitors will quickly and efficiently put your case together and act on your behalf. Call Vijay Srivastava or Shalish Mehta in our civil and commercial litigation department on 0161 624 6811or email vjs@wrigleyclaydon.com or sm@wrigleyclaydon.com. We can advise you on the appropriate course of action and assist with any legal documents or proceedings that may occur.

    Will Dispute
    Civil Litigation
    Dispute Resolution
    Commercial Litigation

  • Family of Argentinian Footballer, Emiliano Sala, to launch legal action over footballer’s death

    The family of Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala are taking legal action against the footballer’s former club Cardiff City after his death in a plane crash on 21 January 2021.

    The family has commenced civil proceedings in the High Court, in order to “protect their legal rights” against 13 defendants including Cardiff City, the club Sala had signed for just three days before his death and FC Nantes, the French club which sold him for a reported £15million. The High Court proceedings have been stayed until the outcome of an inquest into the footballer’s death.

    Suffering a dispute can have serious implications on you and your livelihood and reputation.  Our dispute resolution solicitors will quickly and efficiently put your case together and act on your behalf. Call Vijay Srivastava or Shalish Mehta in our civil and commercial litigation department on 0161 624 6811or email vjs@wrigleyclaydon.com or sm@wrigleyclaydon.com. We can advise you on the appropriate course of action and assist with any legal documents or proceedings that may occur.

    Civil Litigation
    Dispute Resolution
    Commercial Litigation

  • UK High Court rules Health Minister, Matt Hancock acted unlawfully in granting Covid-19 contracts

    The UK High Court has ruled that Health Minister Matt Hancock “acted unlawfully by failing to comply with the Transparency Policy” in granting Covid-19 contracts.

    The ruling followed a judicial review against the government’s failure to publish its contracts with private companies involved in the response to the pandemic.

    The government used emergency powers under the Coronavirus Act 2020 to bypass normal contract tendering process.

    In April 2020, the government awarded a contract to Ayanda Capital Limited, a company created by an acquaintance of the minister for the international trade, for the supply of face masks. The value of the contract was £252 million. Some £160 million worth of masks purchased were unusable in the NHS.

    Clandeboye Agencies Limited, a company which previously supplied only confectionery products, was awarded a £108 million contract for the supply of gowns to the NHS.

    Crisp Websites Limited (trading as PestFix—a pest control company) secured contracts worth £345 million, despite the company having never before supplied medical PPE.

    A contract worth approximately £30 million was given to Alex Bourne’s company Hinpack to provide vials and plastic funnels for test samples despite Bourne having no experience in the manufacture of medical equipment.  Bourne previously ran a pub situated close to Hancock’s former constituency home in Suffolk and was visited frequently by Hancock.

    After the High Court ruling, Hancock stated that it was “in the national interest that we did what we did.” Despite the well-publicised cases backed by surveys carried out by the Royal College of Nursing and Unison of nurses going to work in April wearing bin liners as PPE, Hancock insisted that “there wasn’t a national shortage [of PPE] at any point… “because of the work” his team did.

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  • Qualcomm is being sued over alleged anti-competitive behavior in the UK

    Consumer group Which is suing Qualcomm, a US manufacturer of computer chips, alleging that it breached UK competition law by taking advantage of its dominance in the patent-licensing and chipset market. This enabled Qualcomm to charge manufacturers such as Apple and Samsung inflated fees for technology licenses, which in turn has been passed on to consumers in the form of higher smartphone prices.

    Which is seeking damages for all affected Apple and Samsung smartphones purchased since 1 October 2015 and is seeking a collective total of £482.5m. It estimates that individual consumers could be entitled to up to £30 in damages if the claim is successful.

    Suffering a dispute can have serious implications on you and your livelihood and reputation.  Our dispute resolution solicitors will quickly and efficiently put your case together and act on your behalf. Call Vijay Srivastava or Shalish Mehta in our civil and commercial litigation department on 0161 624 6811or email vjs@wrigleyclaydon.com or sm@wrigleyclaydon.com. We can advise you on the appropriate course of action and assist with any legal documents or proceedings that may occur.

    Civil Litigation
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