COURT DID NOT EXERCISE ITS DISCRETION TO POSTPONE THE PAYMENT OF COSTS: THE CLAIMANT COULD NOT OBTAIN SECURITY FOR COSTS BY OBTAINING AN ORDER DEFERRING PAYMENT OF COSTS

COURT DID NOT EXERCISE ITS DISCRETION TO POSTPONE THE PAYMENT OF COSTS: THE CLAIMANT COULD NOT OBTAIN SECURITY FOR COSTS BY OBTAINING AN ORDER DEFERRING PAYMENT OF COSTS

January 21, 2019 · by · in Applications, Costs, Members Content, Security for Costs

There is an interesting decision today in JSC VTB Bank v Skurikhin & Ors [2019] EWHC 69 (Comm), Andrew Henshaw QC, sitting as a Judge of the High Court. The court refused to delay payment of costs to a defendant…

PROVING THINGS 138 : A WHOPPER OF AN OMISSION: McDONALD'S FAILS TO PROVE TRADEMARK RIGHTS TO "BIG MAC": ADEQUATE EVIDENCE WAS NOT ON THE MENU

PROVING THINGS 138 : A WHOPPER OF AN OMISSION: McDONALD’S FAILS TO PROVE TRADEMARK RIGHTS TO “BIG MAC”: ADEQUATE EVIDENCE WAS NOT ON THE MENU

January 21, 2019 · by · in Civil evidence, Members Content, Witness statements

I am grateful to  Yisroel for pointing out the decision of the European Union Intellectual Property Office in the “Big Mac” case. It is not my usual reading. However  Yisroel  points out that McDonald’s failed because of a basic failure…