June 16, 2017

Laytons ETL

The steely knives are out: Hotel California fights back in Eagles lawsuit

June 16, 2017

Laytons ETL

Hotel California, a small but apparently lovely Mexican hotel established in 1950, denies the Eagles’ “baseless” claims it infringes rights in the famous 1976 album and song of the same name.

June 2, 2017

Laytons ETL

Guildford Legal Walk

June 2, 2017

Laytons ETL

Monday 12 June will see our Guildford office taking part in The Guildford Legal Walk, a 10km walk through the Surrey countryside to raise funds for the Surrey Law Centre.

May 16, 2017

Laytons ETL

Disputes, IP & Technology

Unjustified threats: trade marks, design rights and patents

May 16, 2017

Laytons ETL

Disputes, IP & Technology

Aggrieved rights holders' thoughts turn to sharply worded cease and desist notices aimed at stopping infringement or paving the way to court action. Rights holders need to take care before making threats.

May 8, 2017

Laytons ETL

Disputes, IP & Technology

This could be Heaven or this could be Hell: Eagles sue Hotel California

May 8, 2017

Laytons ETL

Disputes, IP & Technology

The band allege that the hotel owner infringes its rights through advertising which leads US consumers to believe that it is associated with the Eagles and served as inspiration for the song.

May 5, 2017

Laytons ETL

Commercial, Data Protection, IP & Technology

Direct marketing rules: lessons to learn from recent fines

May 5, 2017

Laytons ETL

Commercial, Data Protection, IP & Technology

Recent fines issued by the ICO have underlined the toughening stance regarding the sending of unsolicited emails to individuals for the purposes of direct marketing.

April 21, 2017

Laytons ETL

Private Client

No increase in Probate Registry fees

April 21, 2017

Laytons ETL

Private Client

The proposed increase in Probate Registry fees due to be introduced next month will now not proceed.

April 7, 2017

Richard Harrison

Disputes

The Brexit of the CPR

April 7, 2017

Richard Harrison

Disputes

Richard Harrison looks at the treatment of costs management in the Merrix case and finds some interesting parallels | As published in New Law Journal (LexisNexis).

March 8, 2017

Laytons ETL

Real Estate

The Land Banking Myth

March 8, 2017

Laytons ETL

Real Estate

The Government has claimed that housebuilders have been maintaining land banks. But is this really the case?

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