One of the legal issues that the new government will have to address over the course of the next five years is how to build on and improve intellectual property laws.
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A world-famous food producer has been fined £6,000 after admitting to health and safety failings which left an employee without the full use of his hand.
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Over the past five years British home prices have already reached record highs.
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Four members of a farming family have been fined a total of £9,000 after a three-year-old boy needed plastic surgery when his foot was seriously injured on a farm where another boy died.
Read moreReport calls for greater transparency in Court of Protection
An influential report this week called for the Court of Protection (CoP) to be opened up to greater public scrutiny.
Read moreInfluential MEP emphasises the importance of intellectual property reform
A senior official within the EU has said that the continent’s copyright laws are in urgent need of reform.
Read moreSix hours in a police cell for pruning neighbour’s tree
A mother-of-two was arrested and held in a police cell for six hours after pruning overhanging branches from a neighbour’s tree.
Read moreBarnsley councillor illegally evicted his tenants
A private landlord and councillor for Barnsley illegally evicted a family from a property he owned, leaving a teenager stood barefoot on the pavement after shouting “fire, fire, get out” when no fire was present, Sheffield Crown Court heard.
Read morePlymouth couple evicted from their home after antisocial behaviour
Following a recent court hearing, Plymouth City Council secured a closure order on a couple’s property following repeated complaints about their antisocial behaviour.
Read moreYSL launches legal case against “Ain’t Laurent Without Yves” parody brand
Yves Saint Laurent (YSL), the French fashion house, is taking legal action against Jeanine Heller after she printed and sold t-shirts with a design that parodied its brand.
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