NIPC Law

Author Anthony M. from Rome, Italy Licence  CC BY 2.0,   Source  Flickr, Wikipedia Jane Lambert Court of Appeal (Lady Justice Asplin and Lord Justice Kitchin)   The National Guild of Removers & Storers Ltd v Bee Moved Ltd and others [2018] EWCA Civ 1302 12 June 2018 This was an appeal from the decision of Mr Recorder Campbell QC in  The National Guild of Removers And Storers Ltd v Bee Moved Ltd and others [2016] EWHC 3192 (IPEC) (13 Dec 2016) which was an action for passing off.   The appeal was over what constitutes a misrepresentation for the purposes of passing off and whether new evidence should be allowed on appeal. The claimant company was described by Lady Justice Asplin as "a trade body which represents and provides services to its members in the removal and storage business".  Storage and removal companies that pay its fees and abide by its rules can describe themselves as a "member of the NGRS."...

Royal Courts of Justice Author  Rafa Esteve Licence  Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International Source  Wikipedia Jane Lambert Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (HH Judge Hacon)  The National Guild of Removers & Storers Ltd v Central Moves Ltd and Another [2017] EWHC 3175 (IPEC) (7 Dec 2017) This was an appeal by the  National Guild of Removers & Storers ("NGRS")  against an award of £1,275 damages in its favour by District Judge Vary for passing off. By dismissing that appeal, His Honour Judge Hacon seems to have settled a 7 year controversy as to what should be the correct measure of damages for what is often an inadvertent misrepresentation of continued membership of the NGRS by a removal or storage business that no longer wishes to remain a member of that guild. The NGRS At paragraph [4] of his judgment in  The National Guild of Removers & Storers Ltd v Central Moves Ltd and Another...