Not so slick by Schillings

February 1, 2010

As an addendum to our congratulations to Mr Crone (see Cracking Job by Crone), we note our surprise that a firm so estimable as Schillings should apparently fail to tell the News of the World, which was preparing to publish the John Terry story, of the legal steps it was taking. Usually super-slick, Schillings came under fire from Mr Justice Tugenhat for not notifying anyone about their injunctive efforts on behalf of the England captain, a failure which the firm said was because its client did not know of any media organisation with a “specific interest in the story”. This, and the apparent concentration on damage to Terry’s business reputation rather than his family’s personal distress, appears to fall into the realm of ‘misjudgement,’ as also opined by leading media lawyer Mark Stephens: “Tugendhat’s judgment says that Terry was worried about his ability to exploit commercial rights and so it was not a question of privacy. It wasn’t worth having as a privacy injunction, let alone a super-injunction, which was just over the top.”

 

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Not so right said Fred

February 2, 2012
fred hat

So Farewell, then, Sir Fred Goodwin.

Now you are just Fred.

Not Right Said Fred, but plain Fred.

The Forfeiture Committee did for you.

No one had heard of it before,

But Dave said it had to act, and it did.

Trouble is that no one knows what to think.

Is it ‘Alas, poor Fred‘,

Or ‘Hurray! Sir Fred is dead!’?

We don’t know.

Do you?

By A. Mob, aged 1,378 and a half.

London Goes AWOL

January 31, 2012
CNN

STOP PRESS:

Fed up with being stuck on the Thames in south-east England, London yesterday decided to move. In a dramatic gesture which augurs ill for the Olympics, the city upped sticks and relocated to East Anglia.

Lawyers were not consulted about the move, and the city’s precise motivation remains unclear. However, financiers fear that London’s decision is a sign that it wishes to downsize. Moreover, a source from London said: “We no longer want to be Britain’s seat of power. If the Scots can deregulate, why can’t we? East Anglia is a nice place where nothing happens. It’s time for a quiet life. Please respect our right to privacy.”

Elsewhere, Birmingham did not do anything, but Manchester was seen to be packing its bags. “There’s an opportunity for us,” said Manchester. “We can become London.”

East Anglia said: “We don’t mind. It’ll be refreshing to be associated with something other than fens and flatness.”

A cartologist at CNN, which broke the extraordinary news, was later fired.

An excellent ad if ever there was one

January 25, 2012
legovader

We seem to be visually led this week but sometimes words proliferate far too much and letting an image do the talking is no bad thing. That’s another way of saying that ACCESS Agency’s work with Lego is absolutely top drawer.