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Revolutionary Garden Hose Design Sparks High Court Patent Dispute

Revolutionary Garden Hose Design Sparks High Court Patent Dispute

New inventions can transform entire industries, rendering existing products more or less obsolete, but they almost inevitably give rise to patent disputes. A case on point concerned a revolutionary garden hose design that solved problems of storage, weight and kinking all too familiar to gardeners

Mother Traumatised by Stillbirth Wins Over £270,000 in NHS Damages

Mother Traumatised by Stillbirth Wins Over £270,000 in NHS Damages

Lawyers representing a young mother who suffered a pathological grief reaction following the stillbirth of her longed-for baby daughter have won her six-figure compensation after the NHS admitted breaching the duty it owed her. After the mother went into hospital to have delivery induced, she

What Is an ‘Average Consumer’? High Court Analyses Broadband Advertising

What Is an ‘Average Consumer’? High Court Analyses Broadband Advertising

What is an an ‘average consumer’? That is a question regulators frequently have to ask themselves in ensuring that the public is not subjected to misleading advertising. The High Court gave invaluable guidance on the issue in a case concerning the provision of broadband to