Patents
Astron Clinica Ltd and others v Comptroller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks [2008] EWHC 85 (Pat), [2008] All ER (D) 190 (Jan)
Data Protection
Freedom of Information
Timothy Pitt-Payne considers the legal implications of the HMRC data disaster
Helen Hart examines the latest attempts to clarify the law on sharing personal data
News
In brief
Michael Zander QC considers the radical proposals of the recent Nuffield Bioethics report
Firm strengthens global fund finance practice with London partner hire.
Partner and head of national planning team appointed
Corporate team expands in Birmingham with partner hire
An engagement ring may symbolise romance, but the courts remain decidedly practical about who keeps it after a split, writes Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor emeritus of property law at the University of Greenwich, in this week's NLJ