‘The Vue cinema chain has admitted two health and safety charges over the death of a man crushed under a motorised footrest.’
BBC News, 7th April 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A High Court has described the double deletion by a witness for the claimant of crucial emails on the eve of the trial of a film financing dispute as a “very serious misdeed”.’
Litigation Futures, 23rfd February 2021
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘In a case at London’s high court, Richard Adams’ estate won a longstanding claim against Martin Rosen, director of the 1978 animation.’
The Guardian, 1st June 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Video-on-demand material is now subject to additional restrictions as of 1 December 2014. Material either rated or to be rated as R18 by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) must be placed behind access controls. In addition, material either refused or would be refused a classification by the BBFC is banned.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 13th January 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘A man has been jailed for 33 months after recording Fast And Furious 6 from the back of a cinema in Walsall.’
BBC News, 22nd August 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman who added “Skywalker” as a middle name has been told by passport officials her signature infringes a trademark.’
BBC News, 30th July 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Anish Anand, Amit Kumar, Sanjeev Mirajkar and Afsana Karim have today been sentenced at Croydon Crown Court for cheating the public revenue of more than £5m.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 22nd July 2013
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“Five fraudsters who pretended to be making a Hollywood blockbuster as part of a £2.8m VAT and film tax credits scam have been jailed.”
The Guardian, 25th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Classification chiefs will tighten their policy on ‘sexual or sadistic violence’ after new research found public concern over its effect on ‘vulnerable viewers’.”
The Independent, 10th December 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An internet streaming company does reproduce ‘a substantial part’ of films in ‘memory buffers’ contained on its servers when it relays films to users of its service, the High Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th November 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Film industry representatives have asked a UK court to force BT to block its customers’ access to a UK-operated website it says violates copyright rights.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th June 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Colin Firth’s box office hit The King’s Speech is at the heart of a landmark court battle over online piracy between Hollywood film giants and Britain’s largest internet service provider, BT.”
The Guardian, 28th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A DVD was too sexually violent and potentially obscene to be sold in the UK, the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th June 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“A national press campaign for the controversial film Antichrist has escaped a ban from the advertising watchdog after complaints that it was offensive and even pornographic.”
The Guardian, 4th November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man has been awarded £79,000 after his home, which he rented out for a film starring Bond actor Daniel Craig, was damaged by a production company.”
BBC News, 28th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A battle as epic, tortuous and heavy with peculiar jargon as any to have sprung from the pen of JRR Tolkien has been joined: this conflict, however, will not pit Orc against Hobbit, but legal wizard against legal wizard.”
The Guardian, 13th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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