Blog archive

1. Innovation We have seen healthy eating and nutrition declarations on food leading the forefront of opportunities in food marketing in recent years...

The level of protection offered by Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) was examined by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) recently where the matter of ‘Champagne sorbet’ sold by Aldi in Germany was challenged by the Champagne trade group, Comite Inteprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne (CIVC...

18 October 2017 is anti-slavery day #AntiSlaveryDay; very much like the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA) it is designed primarily to raise awareness within business and society...

The Fairtrade logo has meant to stand as a guarantee of ethical trading...

‘Shrinkflation’, namely the ‘shrinking’ of products whilst their prices remain the same, has long been thought to be responsible for a hidden hike in the cost of living, particularly in food...

On 14 June 2017, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in a case against German company TofuTown, upheld restrictions in Regulation 1308/2013 (single Common Market Organisation (CMO) on the use of dairy terms including ‘milk’ ‘cream’ ‘butter’ ‘cheese’ and ‘yoghurt’...

This week, Mars has acted to implement a 'precautionary' recall over seven product categories; Galaxy Milky bars, Galaxy Counters, Galaxy Minstrels and Maltesers Teasers...

The Ministry of Justice's  'Criminal Justice System Statistics Quarterly' report recently published highlights trends in the criminal justice system from January to December 2016...

The first Tier Property Tribunal has recently issued a rare certificate of bad husbandry...

Protection of Intellectual Property for food businesses and brands alike is crucial, even more so in any post-Brexit world of global borders...

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint against Leon Restaurants this week for the use of the term ‘Superfoods salad’ or ‘Leon’s Original Superfoods Salad’...

A promise to make a gift to someone could be legally enforceable, if the person to whom the promise is made relies on it to their detriment...