Ex-wife and children of late tech tycoon win £2m share of his fortune

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The first wife and two young sons of a late IT tycoon have won a £2million share of his fortune to help them buy a ‘massive, amazing house’ he promised them. Louisa Simonetta, was given the sum after a lengthy legal battle in the High Court with her ex-husband’s second wife Ruby Geetha Lovell-Tomon, over…

Cadbury’s loses legal fight over use of the colour purple

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In December 2018 the Court of Appeal dismissed an Appeal filed by Cadbury’s relating to one of their colour purple trade mark registrations. Cadbury and Nestlé were previously involved in a trade mark dispute after the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) rejected Nestlé’s opposition to Cadbury’s trade mark application to register the colour purple for…

The Law Society has recently provided some further guidance in cases where a Will is disputed.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Law Society has recently provided some further guidance in cases where a Will is disputed. If you’re leaving a will or a relative of yours has left a will, it could be open to being contested or challenged. The situations in which someone can challenge a will aren’t always straightforward. In England there are…

The Supreme Court is set to hear an appeal by a woman who lost a libel case over posts she made about her ex-husband on Facebook.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Supreme Court is set to hear an appeal by a woman who lost a libel case over posts she made about her ex-husband on Facebook. Nicola Stocker said her husband Ronald Stocker had tried to strangle her, during an online exchange with his new partner Deborah Bligh in December 2012. Mr Stocker won…