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Recent News
April 2009: M Law negotiate and
finalise Spandau Ballet tour reunion, commencing in October 2009.
April 2009: M Law wins slander
action brought on behalf of a well-known holiday operator.
March 2009: M Law instructed by
Olympic athlete with respect to the negotiation of image rights contracts.
January 2009: M Law act for three premiership footballers with the respect to the
negotiation of image rights contracts.
November 2008: M Law act for a well-known 80s music group with respect to a reunion
tour.
November 2008: M Law are instructed to bring libel proceedings in respect of a
Channel 4 Cutting Edge documentary.
October 2008: M Law successfully acts for artist Rob Ryan in respect of a passing
off dispute with a major confectioner.
October 2008: M Law obtains a widely-reported Judgment in a defamation action
clarifying the Offer of Amends procedure.
September 2008: M Law act for Noel Clarke (writer and director of Kidulthood and
Adulthood).
August 2008: M Law act for Andy Davenport, the co-creator of the Teletubbies and
creator of In The Night Garden.
July 2008: M Law act for Hello! Magazine in negotiating the agreements for the
worldwide rights to the Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie twins photographs.
July 2008: M Law wins substantial damages in libel action, on behalf of its
clients Hachette Filipacchi UK
and Kevin Hand, from Media Week magazine, published by Haymarket Media
Group (represented by Farrer & Co LLP).
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June 2008: M Law wins damages for breach of confidence and copyright
infringement in relation to a front-page exclusive in The Sun.
June 2008: M Law instructed to issue slander proceedings for well-known holiday
operator.
May 2008: M Law successfully resolves a contractual dispute on behalf of a
Premiership footballer.
April 2008: M Law act for Hachette
Filipacchi on the acquisition of Digital Spy, the fourth largest UK
celebrity/media website.
April 2008: M Law instructed to advise on intellectual property and
confidentiality issues in relation to a dispute between Formula One racing
teams.
March 2008: M Law successfully resolves an Advertising Standards Authority
complaint made against its client, Innocent, one of the country’s
leading brands, resulting in no negative findings against them.
February 2008: M Law negotiate the contract for the Christina Aguilera cover
article in Hello!
January 2008: M Law acts in relation to the transfer of a prominent international
footballer between two premiership clubs.
January 2008: M Law are successful in fighting an ASA complaint made against its
client, DORE.
December 2007: M LAW are instructed by Heather Mills McCartney with respect to
three separate libel actions. Click
here to view
November
2007: M LAW are instructed by Arts
Alliance Media in arranging the contracts for the digital roll-out in
cinemas across Europe.
November
2007: M LAW are instructed by a global music act with regards the
protection of its brand and trade mark.
November
2007: M LAW are instructed by two clients in challenging two separate
findings of the Advertising Standards Authority.
September
2007: M LAW are instructed by an international footballer in
relating to the global exploitation of his image rights.
October
2007: M LAW are instructed by a
premiership footballer in relation to a contractual dispute.
October 2007: M LAW are instructed by Hello! with respect to both a privacy and a
libel action.
August 2007: M LAW take instructions from an author with regards a claim
for breach of confidence and copyright as against a major publishing house.
June 2007: Honda Formula 1: M LAW acts for Honda
in a breach of confidence claim and internet libel action
April 2007: M LAW instructed by Hachette Filipacchi UK Limited in libel action
against another publication
March 2007: M LAW instructed by Hello! to defend against a libel and privacy
claim
September 2006: M LAW acts for Sheengate Publishing on a trademark and passing off
action
September 2006: M LAW acts for Marbelow Ltd in complaint against ITV
September 2006: M LAW acts for Elle
July 2006: M LAW instructed to act for Habitat on their new
VIP range contracts
June 2006: Douglas v Hello (House of Lords). Having won at the Court of
Appeal, M LAW acted for Hello at the House of Lords (set for November
2006). A case which will go a long way to defining the law of Privacy in
the UK.
June 2006: The Times - Article (M.Higdon 'Lawyer of the week'
interview)
May 2006: M
Law successful in a passing off action for Hachette’s
‘Red’ magazine against Burda’s magazine
‘Real’. (Independent, Press Gazette, Times)
April 2006: Brad/Angelina Jolie baby pictures
(articles)
March 2006: M LAW instructed to act for Arts Alliance on roll out of Digital
Cinema's throughout the UK
September 2005: M LAW acts for Tesco's in Defamation action.
May
2005: M LAW forges a partnership with
the law firm Pemberton Greenish. htp://www.pembertongreenish.co.uk/
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