Publications
This page contains an index listing of selected articles and papers written by members of Blackstone Chambers.
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Team Moves - Lessons of Recent Cases Sep 2012
A review of hot issues in employment law in 2012.
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Insulting Politicians on the Radio?
The Divisional Court and the Court of Appeal have recently considered a challenge to Ofcom's decision to uphold complaints by listeners about a radio interview between the presenter Jon Gaunt and a local councillor. Both courts rejected Mr Gaunt's challenge, but gave helpful guidance on the scope of freedom of expression in relation to broadcast interviews with politicians.
This article appeared in (2012) 4(1) Journal of Media Law 29-34 and a draft of the article can be read here Insulting Politicians on the Radio.docx (100 kb)
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Old games, new issues
The start of the Olympics does not signal the end of concerns for IP professionals. In this article, Mark Vinall explores the issues.
The article appeared first in The Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys magazine, June 2012. To read the full article click here ITMA article.pdf (223 kb)
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Olympic selection
The selection of athletes to represent Britain in the 2012 Olympic Games has provoked a flurry of litigation.
This article appeared in The Lawyer, 2 July 2012.
Click here to read the article, Olympic selection (36 kb)
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The Edward Grayson Lecture 2012
The Specificity of Sport - Rhetoric or Reality?
Michael Beloff QC, President, British Association of Sport and Law.
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Beano No More: The EU Charter of Rights After Lisbon
This article appears in [2011] JR, pages 113 - 141.
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Ethical considerations for lawyers in complex financial transactions
A paper published in Butterworth's Journal of International Banking & Financial Law, July/August 2011.
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Social Media & Employee Competition [an Employee Competition update paper]
This paper considers the potential uses of social media in connection with employee competition following termination of employment and examines the remedies for misuse of social media in the absence of post-termination restrictive covenants. Finally it discusses the efficacy of post-termination restrictive covenants in limiting the use of social media to compete with a former employer.
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Transparency - General Principle
This paper concerns the principle of transparency which is said to flow from, or be implied by, the principles of non-discrimination and equal treatment and what in practice it adds to what would otherwise be required by those principles.
This paper was given at the 2011 BEG / ALBA Annual Conference in Athens, 29th - 30th May 2011.
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Search Orders and Self Incrimination [an Employee Competition update paper]
This paper looks particularly at the privilege against self-incrimination.
