New Spice Girls litigation is heading for the High Court's Chancery Division. The subject is spin-off marketing of Spice Girls publications. The girls, who are already involved in other litigation, are being sued over copyright in photographs of them which have appeared in a number of publications. Ray Burmiston is suing the girls as individuals and 19 Management, accusing them of infringing his copyright. He is seeking a court order banning further infringement, and asking for all infringing copies to be handed over and for damages. Crockers Oswald Hickson is acting for him.
A no-win case for experts
Christopher Pamplin believes conditional fee arrangements could place expert witnesses in a compromising position. Dr Christopher Pamplin is editor of the UK Register of Expert Witnesses. The scope for conditional fee work is likely to increase following the Lord Chancellor’s announcement at the Law Society Conference in Cardiff. As solicitors generally consider expert witnesses to […]
