• BT & TalkTalk v Business Secretary

    Carl Gardner
    March 6, 2012

    The Court of Appeal has today rejected the appeal by BT and TalkTalk in their judicial review of the Digital Economy Act 2010. This is a disappointment for digital rights campaigners, but not legally surprising – the arguments made […]

  • That Procul Harum judgment

    Carl Gardner
    April 4, 2008

    Here it is. Moral? Don’t wait 38 years to recover from the drugs. And anyway, isn’t Bach the real originator of this choon?

    I thought you’d like to know what Dominic Sandbrook says about it in

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  • Pegylated interferon: straight to market?

    Carl Gardner
    January 3, 2007

    Yesterday it was reported that a team at Imperial College, London have developed a new, cheap version of interferon to treat hepatitis C, by altering its molecular structure. Instead of coating the interferon with sugar, they can insert […]

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  • "Johnny" loses appeal in Cour de Cassation

    Carl Gardner
    December 21, 2006

    It’s not a good time to be a grand old man of pop. Sir Cliff and Sir Paul have hardly got over the bad news from Gowers, and now in Paris, Le Monde reports that Johnny Hallyday has […]

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  • Gowers Review of IP Law

    Carl Gardner
    December 8, 2006

    Andrew Gowers’s review of intellectual property law has been published – you can download the report from the Treasury website here.

    Some lawyers have already expressed disappointment – many think the report’s recommendations are not radical enough. But why […]

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