The title of this article may seem strange. The general consensus has been that the costs a party incurs in preparing and pursuing its claim in adjudication are not recoverable. However, a recent court case has led some to claim that costs are recoverable.

Design rights are territorial. Within the EU, a UK designer may seek to register their design in the UK or across the EU. In both the UK and the EU, there is also a limited unregistered right.

We are all accustomed to seeing Gary Lineker’s smiling face with a packet of Walkers crisps in his hand and Peter Kay enjoying a pint of John Smiths as the use of celebrities to promote brands and products is well established.

Leamington Spa-based solicitors Wright Hassall is a nationally recognised law firm with a national and international client base.

In an unusual step, high street clothes’ retailer New Look has told its suppliers that it will not pay any of their invoices due for the foreseeable future; and, even more unusually, they are free to come and collect the items they have supplied.

The government consultation on dairy contracts completed earlier this year failed to take into account the problems faced by those dairy businesses that have gone out of business.

The laws relating to surrogacy in the UK are complicated and so specialist advice should be obtained before making any arrangements

Vulnerable and disadvantaged young people in Leamington are being helped to be kept warm and fed this winter thanks to a charitable donation from Wright Hassall.

The duties of company directors are set out in the Companies Act 2006 and include the duties to promote the company’s success and to act with reasonable care, skill, and diligence. In carrying out these duties, directors must have regard - amongst other things - to the impact of the company's operations on the community and the environment, and the likely consequences of any decision in the long term. These, and other recent developments in the expectations of how directors should perform their duties, mean that promoting a company’s success includes paying due regard to the impact on the environment. However, do directors have a duty to be “green”?

A major bank is set to open a premier office location in Leamington Spa as part of its plans for growth in the area. Local relationship bank Handelsbanken will move to a new 3,000 sq ft office on the second floor of Olympus House from its current premises in the town after agreeing a 10-year sub-lease with leading law firm Wright Hassall.