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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
9 July 2013
Case Update: Associated Newspapers makes public apology following false allegations of planned chemical weapons attack
A statement has been made in open court in the libel proceedings (1) David Goulding (2) Philip Doughty (3) Britam Defence Ltd v Associated Newspapers Ltd (2013) in which the newspaper publisher accepted that it had wrongly alleged that the claimants had been part of a plot to launch a chemical weapons attack in Syria.
8 July 2013
Case Update: Sky succeeds in trade mark infringement and passing off action against Microsoft
In the recent case of (1) British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC (2) Sky IP International Ltd (3) British Sky Broadcasting Ltd (4) Sky International AG v (1) Microsoft Corporation (2) Microsoft Luxembourg SARL [2013] EWHC 1826 (Ch) the High Court ruled in favour of Sky in its IP claim against Microsoft regarding the latter’s online storage facility product “SkyDrive”.
4 July 2013
Case Update: Dr. Utkan Alacakanat –v- General Medical Council [2013] EWHC 1866 (Admin)
High Court concludes that the decision of the General Medical Council to refuse the Claimant’s application to be considered an “exempt person” for the purposes of an application to the General Medical Council (“GMC”) Register was a correct one and did not discriminate on the basis of nationality.
4 July 2013
Case Update: Moseley v Solicitors Regulation Authority (unreported)
Solicitor struck off for disgraceful conduct unconnected to professional duties.
3 July 2013
Regulating the Regulators: the Professional Standards Authority
Sarah Harris sets out some of the key themes in the recent Healthcare Regulators’ annual appraisal.
