On application your trade mark is examined by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and then published on the Online Trade Mark Register for opposition purposes. During the 2 month opposition period any third party can to try and prevent it from becoming registered.

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill was introduced by the Government as a measure to tackle the increase in money laundering and other financial crime through corporate structures here in the UK. 

After several years of discussion, the Renters (Reform) Bill has finally now been published – and the starting gun has been fired for substantial changes to the private rented sector.

As a registered provider you will be obliged to follow the Tenancy Standard, but this is only guidance that is applicable to your own policies and procedures. 

Trade marks can be registered as words, logos or a combination of both. Your branding enjoys the best protection if it is registered as a combination of both but if you are selecting one, you should choose a word mark over a logo mark.

In certain circumstances, it may be necessary for somebody else to manage an individual's account. If the account holder gives someone else the authority to do so, typically that person will have the same authority to manage the account as the owner.

We act for Jack who suffered a brain injury as a baby during his birth.   Jack had bleeding in the ventricles of his brain, called an intraventricular haemorrhage, which caused damage to the frontal lobe of his brain.  This area of the brain is responsible for Executive Function.

During Action for Brain Injury Week, Helena Campbell, Associate in our Medical Negligence department, in discussion with Tamsin Trollope, talks about her daughter’s traumatic brain injury. 

The Employment (Allocations of Tips) Act 2023 received Royal Assent on 2 May 2023 and is expected to come into force in 2024 (the exact date is yet to be confirmed).

Talking about dying and death can often feel like a conversation to avoid, it can feel scary and daunting, but it is often not as hard as you might think. The Dying Matters campaign (which runs from 8th - 14th May 2023) encourages people to open up and talk about the important stuff.

Between 8 – 14 May 2023 Hospice UK host the Dying Matters Awareness Week, with the aim of providing a time for communities across the country to come together to talk, heal and break the stigma about death, dying and grief.

In new draft guidelines for the NHS, NICE is recommending remifentanil be offered to women in labour for pain relief as an alternative to an epidural, and say that the advantages include more mobility during labour and might lead to fewer births using instruments like forceps and ventouse.