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04 August 2017
Issue: 7757 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Copyright

Football Association Premier League Ltd v British Telecommunications plc and others [2017] EWHC 1877 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 206 (Jul)

The Chancery Division allowed the claimants’ application for a further order requiring the defendants to take measures to block, or at least impede, access by their customers to streaming servers, which delivered infringing live streams of Premier League footage to customers in the United Kingdom. The court held that it had jurisdiction to make the order sought and that it was appropriate to exercise its discretion to so.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Fieldfisher—Will Sharp

Fieldfisher—Will Sharp

Fieldfisher boosts structured finance practice with appointment of Will Sharp

gunnercooke—Thomas Bjorn & Peter Rudd-Clarke

gunnercooke—Thomas Bjorn & Peter Rudd-Clarke

gunnercooke grows its life sciences team with new partner hires

Leonard Curtis Legal—Mark Maguire & Kane Jones

Leonard Curtis Legal—Mark Maguire & Kane Jones

Leonard Curtis Legal expands corporate team with twonew appointments

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The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed
Should a conviction stand when a later ruling reveals that the law underpinning it was wrong? The answer exposes a clash between finality and justice
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
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