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How to take someone to the Patents Court for using a patent or registered design without permission.
How to take someone to court over a construction, building, engineering or another technically complex dispute.
How to use the Commercial Court to solve a large, complex or international business dispute.
What to do if you think someone's used your intellectual property without permission - types of intellectual property abuse, help resolving disputes and further legal action you can take.
The Circuit Commercial Court was formerly known as the Mercantile Court. We handle commercial and business disputes. Cases that we hear include: disputes over contracts and business documents insurance and reinsurance sale of goods import, export and transport (‘carriage’) of...
Information on how the CMA investigated the merger, and how you can find out more.
We are a specialist list set up to deal with: claims and appeals concerning patents (including supplementary protection certificates), registered designs, copyright issues, trade marks, semiconductor topography rights and plant varieties; claims and appeals concerning the and other intellectual property...
Understand the approach HMRC uses to work with large business customers.
Review by Office of the Parliamentary Counsel into the causes of complex legislation.
Finding the right advice and advisor is the first step in making the best decisions for your invention or business.
We handle cases relating to intellectual property disputes, including: registered designs patents registered trade marks copyrights other intellectual property rights If the amount sought (damages) is under £500,000 then the case can also be heard by the Patents Court or...
Information on designs hearings including costs and how to appeal against an outcome.
Evaluation summary of pilot to test the effectiveness of using Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) techniques in Large and/or Complex tax and related disputes.
The government has introduced the Litigation Funding Agreements (Enforceability) Bill into Parliament.
Guidance for local authorities and fire and rescue services on the use remediation orders, a Building Safety Act 2022 enforcement power.
The most common types of case we handle include: disputes relating to business, property or land disputes over trusts competition claims under either European or UK competition law commercial disputes (domestic and international) intellectual property issues disputes over the validity...
Trade mark hearings and how to appeal against an outcome.
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