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From garage to unicorn – Employment law lessons for scaling tech teams
Catherine Bourne
6 March 2024
Innovation or infringement: Copyright considerations in the era of AI-generated music
With the rise of Artificial Intelligence (‘AI’), we have entered a new era of music creation. Music that would have taken hours can now be composed in minutes using AI. Amidst this technological evolution, some fundamental legal questions emerge: Is that work capable of being protected by copyright and who does any copyright belong to? Does it infringe existing copyright? How will this impact the music industry?
4 March 2024
Clarity over penal notices
Penal notices are sometimes seen as a tool by aggressive litigators to instil fear into the subjects of court orders to try and achieve compliance, but are they being used correctly? This question has arisen because the rules around when and how to add a penal notice to a court order has been somewhat muddied over the past few years.
22 February 2024
Probate claims – the rules still apply
Civil litigation must be conducted according to the procedures and time limits set out in the Civil Procedure Rules. These rules, which are regularly updated, make up a procedural code whose overriding aim is to enable the courts to deal with cases justly. The rules set out in detail how a case is to be conducted in the civil courts in England and Wales and all parties to litigation, whether they are represented by solicitors or not, are expected to comply with them.
22 February 2024
Empowering beneficiaries to challenge costs: The Kenig v. Thomson Snell & Passmore case
Last month, The Court of Appeal delivered an important costs judgement which has the potential to significantly impact how beneficiaries can challenge solicitors’ fees in contentious trusts, probate, private wealth and estate proceedings.
20 February 2024
Directors' disqualification statistics: Key trends and observations from the latest insolvency service report
On the 13 February 2024, the Insolvency Service (IS) released their latest monthly enforcement stats in relation to the directors’ disqualifications.
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