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BMS Repackaged: European court limits the application of established conditions for re-packaging when adding small labels to parallel imported goods
16 Aug 2018
The free movement of capital, people, services, and goods are the four fundamental pillars upon which the European Union ("EU") stands. The free movement of goods across the EU often creates friction with trade mark owners wanting to control how third parties deal with goods bearing their trade marks.
Watch this space; one code of practice for privately operated car parks is proposed
16 Aug 2018
A bill is currently proceeding through Parliament which when it becomes law is likely to affect anyone who owns and operates private parking for use by the public.
Cessation of activities for five months did not prevent transfer of undertaking
16 Aug 2018
In Colino Sigüenza v Ayuntamiento de Valladolid and others, the European Court of Justice considered whether a five month gap between contracts to manage a music school prevented there being a transfer of an undertaking, and whether dismissals of the outgoing contractor's staff were for an economic, technical or organisational reason entailing changes in the workforce.
The revised National Planning Policy Framework: housing focus
15 Aug 2018
On 24 July 2018, the Government published the long-awaited revised National Planning Policy Framework ('NPPF2'). This article sets out 10 key areas within NPFF2, which we consider will be of interest to our contacts involved in the housing sector.
WBD's private wealth lawyer shortlisted for Citywealth's Future Leader Awards
13 Aug 2018
Womble Bond Dickinson's (WBD) Newcastle-based private wealth lawyer, Katie Gosling, has been shortlisted for Associate of the Year in Citywealth's Future Leader Awards.
WBD provides heat networks guidance for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
13 Aug 2018
Law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has drafted a report for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), providing guidance for local authorities and other public bodies on developing heat network projects in collaboration with non-public investors in the UK.
