The Battle of the Supermarkets – Evergreening of Commerce Marks and Potential Dangerous Religion

The Battle of the Supermarkets – Evergreening of Commerce Marks and Potential Dangerous Religion

Two well-known grocery shops, Tesco and Lidl, are concerned in an ongoing commerce mark dispute (Lidl Nice Britain Restricted v Tesco Shops Restricted [2022] EWHC 1434 (Ch)). Whereas the trial is ready to happen in 2023, the latest developments in relation to arguments of dangerous religion are noteworthy, particularly for manufacturers engaged in commerce mark refiling, or ‘evergreening’.The DisputeLidl is a funds grocery store that owns various commerce mark registrations for its brand, together with a figurative mark bearing ‘LIDL’ within the center, and a plain brand mark with no textual content (see beneath). The most important grocery retailer…
LEGAL UPDATE – Mandate restrictions easing in Queensland

LEGAL UPDATE – Mandate restrictions easing in Queensland

IN BRIEF the Public Well being (Additional Extension of Declared Public Well being Emergency—COVID-19) Regulation (No. 2) 2022 was applied solely final week. Nonetheless, the Premier has circled on that announcement and has introduced a few of Queensland’s final remaining COVID-19 restrictions might be lifted from 1am, 30 June 2022. Abstract Starting this Thursday, Queenslanders will now not require COVID vaccinations to go to aged care services, incapacity lodging and correctional services. The Premier has additionally introduced that the high-risk employee vaccine mandate would even be revoked in colleges, early childhood training, exterior college care, kindergartens, household day care, police…
The police commissioner says more human remains need to be investigated after being arrested in the Gilgo Beach serial cold killings case.  Here’s what we know

The police commissioner says more human remains need to be investigated after being arrested in the Gilgo Beach serial cold killings case. Here’s what we know

A law enforcement task force will continue to work full time to gather evidence after a suspect has been charged in some of the Gilgo Beach killings, including further investigation into a string of other human remains found scattered across Long Island more than a decade ago, a top investigator told CNN. “I don’t think any of us know exactly what is going to turn up, but we’re going to continue the investigation,” Suffolk County Deputy Police Commissioner Anthony Carter told CNN on Sunday. Rex Heuermann, 59, was arrested Thursday and charged with the murder of three of the “Gilgo…
McCulloch and Ors v Forth Valley Health Board – UKSC Blog

McCulloch and Ors v Forth Valley Health Board – UKSC Blog

In this post, Anna Walsh (Partner) and Nicole Ellerby (Associate) in CMS’ medical malpractice team considered the awaited decision from the Supreme Court in the Scottish case of McCulloch and Ors v Forth Valley Health Board [2021] CSHI 21. Overview The appeal of the decision in McCulloch and Ors v Forth Valley Health Board [2021] CSIH 21 was heard by the Supreme Court on 10 May 2023. The issues appealed to the Supreme Court concern the legal test to be applied when determining whether an alternative course of treatment is reasonable in addition to whether the courts erred in their…
Money, Bills & Who Pays The Mortgage After Separation?

Money, Bills & Who Pays The Mortgage After Separation?

In Australia, family law dictates some important timelines to be aware of. If you have been in a de facto relationship, you have two years from the date of separation to finalize your financial settlement (also known as a property settlement). If you have been married, you have one year from the date your divorce has been granted (a divorce can only be applied for 1 year after the date of separation). This illustrates how easy the timelines for people to financially separate can expand considerably. This is why reaching an agreement is important. And not just an informal agreement…
Cases soared in New York, but constitutionality questioned

Cases soared in New York, but constitutionality questioned

ALBANY, NY — The use of the red flag law in New York has surged over the past year to allow judges to confiscate weapons from people they deem dangerous. The rise in cases, according to prosecutors and elected officials, has helped quell gun violence in New York after an alarming spike during the Covid-19 pandemic. With an expanded law and more attention to it, the growth in cases has been extraordinary after it was barely used when it was first passed in 2019. In 2021, there were 538 extreme risk protection orders issued. A year later, the number soared…
McCulloch and Ors v Forth Valley Health Board – UKSC Blog

Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v SSE Generation Ltd [2023] UKSC 17 – UKSC Blog

SSE Generation Ltd, the respondent, claimed capital allowances on expenditure incurred when constructing a hydro-electric power station at Glendoe, Fort Augustus in Scotland. Such allowances may be deducted from income for the purpose of calculating a company’s trading profits subject to corporation tax. Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (“HMRC”) disputed certain allowances claimed by SSE for tax years 31 March 2006 to 31 March 2012 on the basis that in their view certain relevant assets did not give rise to allowable expenditure under the Capital Allowances Act 2001 (the “Act”). SSE appealed to the First-tier Tribunal (the “FTT”).…
Australian Prisons: Recent Statistics, Disturbing yet Legal Police Behavior

Australian Prisons: Recent Statistics, Disturbing yet Legal Police Behavior

Unlawful Police Power, Going To Jail NSW And Over-Policing “Over-policing” of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is an issue that was highlighted by the Redfern Legal Center head of police accountability and government law, Samantha Lee. Ms Lee cited tougher bail laws, more police powers and the Suspect Targeting Management Plan (STMP), that’s unique to NSW, as reasons for the inequity. Lawyer and advocate Samantha Lee identified that NSW police were unlawfully strip searching Australians. It was for this reason that the RLC began the ‘Safe & Sound’ campaign, in order to stop the high number of police strip…