Three brothers win court battle with tennis coach sister over mother’s £1m will

Three brothers, David, Nino and Remo Rea have succeeded at the High Court in a claim against their sister, Rita Rea when the brothers were cut out of their mother’s will. Their mother Anna left nearly all her estate, totalling circa £1m to her daughter in 2016, however, the Judge said the evidence suggested Rita…

Burger van chef wins fight to keep £5m inheritance from customer

Sam Jones, a burger bar chef will be allowed to keep the £5million left to him by David Turner “an eccentric businessman” after the millionaire’s estranged sister, Mrs Cano failed to have his will struck out. Sam Jones first met David Turner at his burger van. The High Court heard that Mr Turner treated Mr…

Apple loses appeal in London court in long-running Optis patent dispute

The Court of Appeal has rejected Apple’s appeal against a ruling which found it infringed two patents on technology it uses in its iPhones and iPads. Optis Cellular Technology first sued Apple over the way it used Optis’  the patented technologies, which it said were essential for 4G connectivity and were found to be used…

Hacker jailed for selling Ed Sheeran songs on dark web ordered to pay back £100k

Adrian Kwiatkowski, a hacker who stole two unreleased songs from Ed Sheeran and sold them on the dark web for cryptocurrency has been ordered to pay £101,053. About half of the money he has to pay is currently held in Bitcoin. He was charged with copyright infringement and possessing criminal property and was jailed for…

David Goodwillie: Sorrento FC rescinded contract to sign striker hours after announcing deal due to public backlash

FC Sorrento, a team in the Australian second tier have become the latest football club rescind their contract with former Scotland striker David Goodwillie in the wake of a public backlash. Goodwillie and fellow footballer David Robertson were deemed by a judge at a civil court in January 2017 to have raped a 30-year-old woman in January 2011. Criminal…

Ed Sheeran cleared of infringing copyright in Marvin Gaye lawsuit

Ed Sheeran cleared of infringing copyright in Marvin Gaye lawsuit

Ed Sheeran has successfully defended another copyright infringement lawsuit in the US after facing a jury trial following claims that his hit “Thinking Out Loud” lifted bits from 1973 Marvin Gaye classic “Let’s Get It On.” He was sued by heirs of songwriter Ed Townsend, Gaye’s co-writer on the 1973 song who were seeking a…

Motivational speaker loses battle for insurance to pay neighbours £530,000 over boundary dispute

Motivational speaker loses battle for insurance to pay neighbours £530,000 over boundary dispute

Alex MacPhail, a motivational speaker who was ordered to pay his neighbours, Tom and Helen Gueterbock £237,000 in damages and to fund £12,000 worth of work, after his neighbours sued him when a cellar room “trespassed” 18 inches over their shared boundary, has lost a further case. Mr MacPhail then sued the developers of the…