In November 2022, the Scottish government launched a consultation on a range of measures to restrict alcohol advertising and promotion. Borne out of concern about what the consultation describes as Scotland’s “deep, longstanding and troubled relationship with alcohol”, the consultation puts forward a number of proposals that would significantly reduce the extent to which drinks companies can advertise their products.
The recent decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Louboutin v Amazon raises a number of different issues for platforms facilitating sales by third party vendors.
This appeal was brought by former British Cycling and Team Sky Chief Doctor, Richard Freeman, to overturn the decision to permanently strike him off the Medical Register in 2021 after a long running MPTS Tribunal. The appeal was dismissed on all grounds by Justice Fordham after a two day hearing.
In January, stock photo provider Getty Images (“Getty”) announced that it had commenced legal proceedings in London against Stability AI, creators of popular artificial intelligence (“AI”) tool Stable Diffusion, a text-to-image diffusion model capable of generating photo-realistic images in response to text inputs.
Service of court documents - It is perhaps fair to say that the processes and procedures of the courts could be considered “traditional”. Employment of new technology to facilitate service of legal notices and court documents is not exactly commonplace.
