EasyGroup v Easyfun The venture capital conglomerate EasyGroup, owners of EasyJet and the Easy family of brands, has launched a passing off and trademarks claim against musician Finn Keane, who goes by the stage name of Easyfun. EasyGroup, represented by Stephenson Harwood, has an extensive history of lodging similar IP claims against businesses using the […]
Law firms in the hotseat once again A raft of claims have mounted against several law firms in the past week, including suits against solicitors and barristers and those regarding professional negligence against Wiggin, Keystone, Fox Williams, Setfords and JMW. Banner Universal Motion Pictures (BUMP), an independent TV, film and entertainment company, filed a claim […]
Luxury hotels and European designers embroiled in IP wars Bristows and Gowling WLG have been named as the firms going head to head in an IP battle between two European leather goods brands. Belgium luxury leather designer Delvaux Créateur, represented by Bristows, has issued a suit in the Intellectual Property and Enterprise Court again the […]
EU targets convicted fraudster in English High Court The European Union represented by the European Research Executive Agency has filed a lawsuit to the English High Court against a convicted fraudster and his company. The executive agency has instructed boutique firm Bexley Beaumont to file a miscellaneous claim against Wind Technologies Ltd and Ehsan Abdi-Jalebi. Back […]
Welcome back after three months of court recess for the summer. While the courts were on a break for the summer, there were still claims filed to the system. Here were some of the notable cases. Eversheds sued by Uni over student digs contracts The University For The Creative Arts called on Farrer & Co […]
Pinsents questioned over professional negligence Pinsent Masons has been hit with a lawsuit by Gloucestershire investment management company Blackfinch Group and Kuwait supply chain services firm Agility. The two organisations have teamed up to issue a professional negligence claim against the law firm. Pinsents has called on Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) for its defence, while […]
Addleshaws takes on Norton Rose in multimillion-pound energy claim Addleshaw Goddard is set to represent smart energy meter company GLOBAL-365 in its competition claim against PayPoint, which has called upon Norton Rose Fulbright to defend it. PayPoint is a payment processing company that processes transactions for the hospitality, convenience retail, auto trade, clothing and household goods sectors, including […]
City litigation firm Lexlaw Solicitors and Advocates has issued a claim on behalf of two clients against listed law firm Knights. The suit, filed for two former clients of Knights, has been noted in the Business List. Any additional details about the claim are not yet known. This allegation comes after Knights was sued back […]
Quinn takes on Credit Suisse as further allegations mount against the bank Credit Suisse is back in the firing line, with two separate claims filed against it by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Seladore Legal. Quinn partner Yasseen Gailani represents investment holding company M1 Limited and M1 Capital International Investments in a contracts claim […]
RPC lodges claims for charities RPC has lodged a number of claims on behalf of charities such as Help for Heroes and the Royal Mencap Society over the last week. Having filed a lawsuit on Monday 19 June, the firm is set to represent the leading Armed Forces and veterans’ charity Help for Heroes in […]
Penningtons sues three former clients Penningtons Manches Cooper has filed a lawsuit against three former clients in the London Circuit Commercial Court. The clients in question are Faramarz Shayan Arani, David Griffiths and Farshid Zolghadr, whom the firm acted for in 2020 in a case regarding a share purchase agreement. In 2018, all three sold […]
Burges Salmon hits Pinsents with 14 pensions claims Pinsent Masons and McGrigors (a Scottish firm that merged with Pinsents in 2012) have been hit with legal action concerning pension schemes this week. There are 14 claimants in total, one of which is a Belfast-based company focused on transport and logistics called Ballyvesey Holdings. Several of […]