Signed Sealed & Delivered
SIGNED, SEALED & DELIVERED: EXECUTION OF DEEDS IN THE ELECTRONIC AGE Apologies on behalf of the English legal system: Deeds are an old-fashioned curiosity from the era of top hats and frock-coats where the extra frills and furbelows of witness signatures make up for a lack of money or other value changing hands. In English […]
Day of GPDR 25th May 2018
Day of GPDR 25th May 2018 The EU General Data Protection Regulation enters into force on 25th May 2018. Time to unveil our new client data protection & privacy policy plus our general data protection & privacy policy developed with help from Design Chambers, the Law Society, the SRA, and the Information Commissioner’s Office..and a little inspiration from Bletchley […]
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Selling your film
As Berlinale gears up to the European Film Market, here is our briefing note: SellingYourFilm.pdf .
One For The Boys Fashion Ball
One For The Boys Fashion Ball Just off to One For The Boys the charity fund-raiser for male cancer awareness hosted by Samuel L Jackson
Cannes film festival
As Cannes film market gets underway, our development deal term checklist is available for download AJSDevelopmentDealChecklist.doc
Iona film release
“Iona” filmed on the Scottish island gets its UK release showing at Curzon cinemas and available for viewing via BFI Player. Angela Jackson Solicitor acted for the German co-producers Hanfgarn & Ufer.
Hampstead theatre festival
Opening session on arts and censorship chaired by Sarah Sands editor of the Evening Standard with playwright Howard Brenton and Jodie Ginsberg of Index on Censorship, co-sponsored by Angela Jackson Solicitor http://thefestivalathampsteadtheatre.co.uk/events/censorship-in-the-arts/
the legal lowdown
No need to say “without prejudice” when you state your position openly for the record, as if for the eyes of the judge “without prejudice” is for when you try to resolve a dispute with an pragmatic offer to which you would not want to be held in open court- so not for the eyes […]
Der Film vom Buch/ book of the film
Just off to “Books at the Berlinale” event here in Berlin so to mark the occasion we are releasing our tips for option agreements and screenwriting agreements here