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Wayne Rooney has won a case against his former management company, Proactive Sports Management Ltd. The case concerned an agreement which gave Proactive an eight-year monopoly over the exploitation of Wayne Rooney’s image rights.
The agreement, which imposed a restriction that was much longer than the industry standard, was a restraint of trade and therefore unenforceable. The judge also considered Rooney’s age at the time the agreement was executed (he was only 17) and concluded that the agreement was not the result of a negotiation between equals.
The case illustrates the dangers of imposing lengthy restraints, particularly where these exceed industry standards (FIFA regulations stipulate a cap of 2 years for on-field agreements). Rooney was “delighted to have won this case” and the £4.3m he saved no doubt came in handy during Wayne and Coleen’s recent holiday in Barbados.
The UK government is considering extending this power to depart from retained EU case law to additional lower courts and tribunals, namely the Court of Appeal in England and Wales and the High Court of Justice in England and Wales and their equivalents.
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Lord Justice Arnold has applied the guidance of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to the evidence before him, in the long standing trade mark dispute between Sky and Skykick.
The Hiscox Cyber Readiness report, a review of 3300 organisations, will be a stark warning for CEO’s of SME’s in the UK and in Europe.
How secure is your fitness tracker? (Not to mention your smartwatch, sleep tracker, smart shoe insoles and wearable Bluetooth keyboard). It’s something that many of us give little thought to, but perhaps we should be more concerned.
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