CRIME — Costs — Central funds — Defendant successfully appealing against confiscation order in reliance on fresh evidence — Private prosecutor applying for costs out of central funds — Proper approach to such awards — Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c 23), ss 17(1)(2A) — Crim PR rr 45.4(5)(6)(c)

TRADE MARK — Registration — Invalidity — Company registering trade mark POST MILK GENERATION for use in relation to categories of oat-based food and drink — Statutory prohibition on using designation “milk” for product other than animal milk or products derived from it or composite products of which milk essential part — Whether “designation” limited to name of product — Whether...

COMPETITION — Collective proceedings — Collective settlement — Hearing to determine whether collective settlement approval order to be made — Proper approach to assessment of whether settlement just and reasonable — Competition Act 1998 (c 41), s 49A — Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2015 (SI 2015/1648), r 94

STATUTE — Construction — Appointment of “independent” candidate — Statutory requirement for person appointed to chair Trinidad and Tobago National Insurance Board to be “independent of the Government, Business or Labour” — Whether independence to be determined by reference to appointee’s past connections or ability to act free from influence or control — National Insurance Act (...

EUROPEAN UNION — Financial services — Insurance — EU Directive providing procedure for co-operation between member states’ insurance supervisory authorities — Czech supervisory authority fining insurance undertaking established in Slovakia with branch in Czech Republic for failing to comply with national laws — Authority not carrying out co-operation procedure — Scope of Czech a...