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Hacked off claimants

14 July 2026
Roger Billins

I would not be surprised if the claimants in the phone hacking claim against the publishers of The Daily Mail are really hacked off and may not be too keen on their legal team. Unity does not practice in the…

The music business – a key case

14 July 2026
Roger Billins

The wide-ranging nature of the law of agency can be seen in the recent High Court case of Hipgnosis Music v Mercuriadis and others [2026] EWHC 1500. Mercuriadis had been a director of the claimant company and during this period,…

Agency law blog

02 July 2026
Roger Billins

What is the law of agency and why should you bother about it ? I was prompted to write my textbook as a result of the introduction into our law ( all our national jurisdictions) of the E.U’s The Commercial…