The UK government has confirmed that it will consult on the possibility of introducing legal changes to protect AI-generated inventions which do not meet inventorship criteria, following a call for views on AI and IP.
A legal case, a symbol: Swift’s rerecording
Taylor Swift is set to release the rerecorded ‘Taylor’s version’ of her Grammy award-winning album ‘Fearless’. Swift was given the right to start rerecording her albums in November 2020 after leaving Big Machine Records and signing with a new label, a move that resulted in Swift’s masters being sold without her knowledge. [1]
DUP Opposes UK Intervention to Speed up NI Abortion Services
The topic of abortion has for many decades sparked controversy in Northern Ireland. In more recent years the laws have changed and now the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is attempting to reamend them. Simultaneously, the Northern Ireland (NI) Human Rights Commission is taking legal action against the Northern Ireland secretary, the Stormont Executive and Northern Ireland’s Department of Health over the delay in commissioning abortion services.
Supreme Court judgment in FCA’s business interruption insurance test case hands down good news for policyholders
The Genocide Amendment: World Peace Meets World Trade
The High court has been looking to put forward an amendment that stops the UK signing trade deals with states that have been found guilty of committing genocide. The House of Lords All-Party genocide Amendment has recently hit the house commons and has been defeated by a small vote margin of 11.
'The UK could still sign a trade deal with a state committing genocide...This amendment puts that right'.
FCA Commences Criminal Proceedings Against NatWest Plc.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), an independent financial regulatory body, contend that National Westminster Bank PLC, commonly referred to as NatWest, failed to adhere to certain clauses of the Money Laundering Regulations Act 2007 (MLR 2007). The FCA alleges that “NatWest’s systems and controls failed to adequately monitor and scrutinise” suspicious transactional activity between November 2011 and October 2016, and so were remiss in their duty to prevent money laundering.
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: An assault on Human Rights?
In the wake of the vigil for Sarah Everard on Clapham Common, on Tuesday the parliament voted on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. Its contents have been widely criticised as “draconian”. Despite opposition on both sides of the House, the Bill passed by 359 votes to 263 on Tuesday night.
Woman’s Right over her own body: Comparing Abortion Laws in India and England
Myanmar Military Coup and Attack on Democracy: History repeats itself yet again
Post-Brexit fears for the fashion industry
COVID and Convenience: The Reason for the Decline of our High Street?
Arcadia Group, the parent company of retail stores such as Topshop, Miss Guided and Dorothy Perkins, officially went into administration on 30th November 2020, affecting 13,000 jobs. Ian Grabiner, the chief executive of Arcadia Group, cited the pandemic as being the main reason for the group’s collapse
MP proposes bill to treat child offenders as children by the courts
Adapt or Perish: Weathering the storms - How airlines have adapted their services to stay afloat after more than a year of COVID-19
A HASTY “ROAD MAP” OUT OF LOCKDOWN WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON CANCER CARE
Cambridge Laying the Foundation to Bridge the Economic Education Gap
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Cambridge University has introduced a new foundation year scheme, designed to give disadvantaged young people a more realistic and obtainable avenue to the university. The scheme reduces the usual entry requirement of A*AA to BBB for students who had their education ‘disadvantaged or disrupted’ and are from lower-income households.
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Double Edged Sword: U.S.’s Attempts to levy Sanctions on the Houthi group of Yemen
The British Airways Data Breach and the rise of group action litigation in England and Wales.
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In the largest group action personal data claim in UK history, it has been announced that British Airways could face claims amounting to more than £800 million. British Airways initially stated that their online reservation systems had been accessed by an unauthorized third party on 7th September 2018, compromising the data of more than 420,000 customers. According to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), British Airways was alerted to the breach by a third party and did not detect the breach themselves.
Motives Within the Europe and China Trade Deal?
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China, which was starting to be seen as a rising capitalist power and the land of opportunity by its people, is now uncompromisingly at war with this notion. With its ever-increasing trade sanctions and restrictions on mass media, it comes as a shock that China has agreed a trade deal with Europe.
‘You’re taxing my patience’ US retreats from Tech Tax War with France.
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During 2020, the USA found itself in the middle of a tax war with France. This was in response to Macron placing a “3% levy on all revenue earnt from digital services used in France.” Branded as the dreaded ‘tech tax’, this naturally had a huge impact on tech giants such as Facebook Inc, Amazon Inc and, of course, Google.