Back in 1994 the journalist Nick Davies wrote a fascinating piece about John Cunliffe, the creator of Postman Pat, who has just died. Davies described how Cunliffe sold his rights to his creation: “[Cunliffe] agreed that Woodland Animations could make films and produce merchandise, while he would still have the right to produce books providing they…
Preiskel & Co’s David Allen Green advised the Open Rights Group in relation to their intervention in various ISPs’ Supreme Court Appeal, Cartier International AG and others (Respondents) v British Telecommunications Plc and another (Appellants), [2018] UKSC 28. The appellants were the five largest internet service providers (ISPs) in the UK, while the respondents were…
On his Jack of Kent blog, David Allen Green has shared a number of interesting links regarding the Brexit campaign, the EU negotiating position, the UK’s negotiating position, and “exit issues”.
You can read the blog post here.
As well as being a senior consultant here at Preiskel, I am a writer and journalist about law and policy matters. Since June I have been writing a lot about Brexit. Brexit is, for me, fascinating. There is complexity, as it brings together policy and law, trade and economics, and political and constitutional issues. And…
High Court rule that Government do not have power to trigger Article 50 under royal prerogative.
Here the full judgment and the summary:
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Preiskel & Co’s David Allen Green has been quoted in a BBC news article on the ‘legal name fraud’ billboards. The full article in the BBC news website can be accessed here.
There is no genre of literature more dismal – more utterly depressing to read – than the letters of litigation solicitors. Every day hundreds, perhaps thousands, of these wearisome missives are compiled and dispatched. And many contain the most insincere and heart-sinking language. The authors of this dreadful correspondence will invariably profess themselves “surprised” or…
Preiskel & Co’s David Allen Green was quoted in The Independent Newspaper in an article that included references to his legal views on prosecutions for online social media postings: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/graffiti-dying-out-as-people-vent-spleen-on-twitter-says-top-cop-9697635.html Preiskel & Co successfully acted on the appeal in front of the Lord Chief Justice to overturn the conviction of Paul Chambers in what was…
FT.com front page runs Preiskel’s David Allen Green’s article on the irrelevance of the Magna Carta (coming to its 800th anniversary) in the need for the UK to enshrine further constitutional rights. David Allen Green, head of Preiskel & Co’s media and litigation practice is also a blogger for the FT.com, the website of the Financial…
3rd October 2013
David Allen Green was recently appointed the Financial Times FT.com legal commentator and blogger. His weekly Monday posts on www.ft.com can be viewed at:
