Higher Education Today – September 2023
15/09/2023
News and current affairs for those working within Higher Education Institutions
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I am a dispute resolution lawyer specialising in reputation management claims, (including defamation, harassment and privacy claims) and intellectual property disputes (including trade mark, copyright and design right infringement claims, breach of confidence claims and domain name disputes). I also have substantial experience in a wide range of commercial and contractual disputes including claims involving parties based outside the jurisdiction and multi-party disputes. I have acted for clients in applications for urgent injunctive relief including search orders.
I advise a variety of national and international organisations in a range of markets and I work with clients in the public, private and third sectors. My aim is always to resolve disputes in a way that ensures the solution reached is pragmatic, commercial and cost-effective, and the client's goals are achieved.
I have successfully concluded claims through negotiated settlement, mediation, summary judgment and at trial.
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Key issues for GCs and in-house lawyers
15/03/2021
Changes to copyright law may affect your ability to show free-to-air...
29/07/2016
Recent changes to copyright law may mean that in future additional licences will need to be obtained by any public, private or...
Interim injunction granted following harassment of council officers...
14/09/2015
A case involving Cheshire West and Chester Council is another useful example of the court's approach to what amounts to harassment...
Changes to defamation law from 1 January 2014
05/12/2013
The Defamation Act 2013 is due to come fully into force on 1 January 2014. This note highlights the provisions that are most...
Blogs and online publications – Local authority officer succeeds in...
08/04/2013
This article looks at a recent High Court decision that considered an authority’s robust response to public criticism and...
Cookie crunch: Is your website ready for the 26 May deadline?
03/05/2012
By 26 May 2012, all UK organisations that operate a website will need to obtain consent from visitors to its website in order to...
Defamation on the web
11/04/2011
In these times of austerity, many public bodies are making very difficult decisions which impact on staff and service users. The...
Whose copyright is it anyway?
07/03/2011
Whenever your organisation puts together a new report, training DVD, glossy brochure or a website, the artistic, written and music...
Let the music pay
25/02/2011
Arecent amendment to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 means that not-for-profit organisations, including charities,...
Artist’s Resale Right
07/08/2008
When Lucian Freud’s 1995 portrait Benefits Supervisor Sleeping was soldat auction in May this year by Christie’s in New York for...
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