News

10 February 2010
"Landmark" victory in the Court of Appeal involving the right of Hindus to have open air funeral pyres.


8 January 2010
UK theatrical release of the film "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" featuring Andy Serkis as Ian Dury. SM&B acted for Prescience Film Finance on behalf of the Prescience funds financing the film.


13 November 2009
UK theatrical release of the film "Harry Brown" featuring Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer and Ben Drew. SM&B acted for Prescience Film Finance on behalf of the Prescience funds financing the film.


2 October 2009
UK Theatrical release of the film "Surviving Evil" featuring Billy Zane. SM&B represented Focus Films, the producer of the film.


29 September 2009
UK Theatrical release of the film Monty Python Almost The Truth (The Lawyer's Cut). SM&B represented Bill & Ben Productions, the producer of the film.


28 September 2009
SM&B Employment Breakfast Seminar scheduled for Tuesday 20 October 2009: Equal Pay: The Battle May Have Only Just Begun.


11 August 2009
SM&B due to host mediation seminar on Tuesday 22 Septmber 2009.


4 July 2009
SM&B recovers substantial damages for a black family arrested outside a West End Theatre.


26 June 2009
Simons Muirhead & Burton acted for world renowned film and Oscar nominated director Mike Figgis in a successful settlement of a personal injury claim following a fall at a Texaco Petrol Station.


26 June 2009
"Thunderbirds are go" - Represented by Simons Muirhead & Burton, the creator of Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlett reaches settlement with ITV over payments for residuals and format rights.


24 June 2009
Victory for woman placed on Violent Persons Register after reporting anti-social behaviour. Simons Muirhead & Burton represented successful claimant in libel action against Slough Borough Council.


19 June 2009
MPs expenses scandal - SM&B client "scourge of the establishment" - Heather Brooke described as an iconoclast in the Law Society Gazette.


12 June 2009
UK Theatrical release of the environmental documentary "The End of the Line". SM&B advised Dartmouth Films, the producers.


24 April 2009
UK theatrical release of the film "City Rats" featuring Danny Dyer at the East End Film Festival. SM&B advised Face Films, the producers.


17 April 2009
UK theatrical release of the film "In the Loop" featuring (Tom Hollander, James Gandolfini and Peter Capaldi). SM&B advised Loop Productions Ltd, the producers.


2 April 2009
Simons Muirhead & Burton act for EastEnders star Mohammed George in his successful libel claim against the Sun newspaper


2 March 2009
Simons Muirhead & Burton have obtained permission to appeal as to whether it is permissible to serve a Statutory Demand in relation to a foreign judgment debt which is over 6 years old (Anderson v Multifinans). The appeal is likely to clarify a grey area of the law as it stands.


2 March 2009
Simons Muirhead & Burton acting  for Random House in opposing costs claimed by Frank Warren of over £2 million in respect of a libel action involving the publication of Ricky Hatton’s autobiography obtain date in August 2009 for the court to assess those costs. The action is noteworthy for the Court of Appeal’s judgment on the offer of amends procedure.


18 February 2009
Simons Muirhead & Burton act for Ten Alps plc in their acquisition of Below the Radar Ltd and County Link Media Ltd


13  February 2009
SM&B instructed by Betsy Andreu (wife of the racing cyclist Frankie Andreu) to secure settlement terms to include an apology in respect of an article published by the Guardian concerning Lance Armstrong.


6 January 2009
Simons Muirhead & Burton are instructed by Time Out Magazine in respect of the copying of its content by “Your London”  magazine published by Independent News & Media (UK)


14 November 2008
Simons Muirhead & Burton, solicitors acting for Robert Murat, win apology and damages from Sky


13 November 2008
Simons Muirhead & Burton are instructed by Setanta Sports , obtained permission to intervene  (alongside UEFA, Sky, Canal Plus and the Motion Picture Association) in an action involving the Football Association Premier League Ltd and others to be heard by the European Court of Justice, concerning the use of foreign decoder cards to access foreign transmissions of live Premier League football matches


7 November 2008
UK theatrical release of the film "Easy Virtue" starring Jessica Biel, Colin Firth, Kristin Scott Thomas and Ben Barnes. SM&B acted for Prescience Film Finance Limited on behalf of the Prescience funds financing the film.


26 September 2008
UK Theatrical release of the film Swing Vote featuring Kevin Costner. SM&B represented Anchor Bay Entertainment UK, the UK distributors of the film.


19 September 2008
Simons Muirhead & Burton’s Employment Department successfully resists two separate claims brought against the Metropolitan Police Authority and the London Borough of Newham in the Employment Tribunal.


28 July 2008
Crown Prosecution Service reaches a conclusion in the Terry Lloyd case


24 July 2008
Lucy Moorman is named "Lawyer of the Week" by the Times


17 July 2008
Simons Muirhead & Burton’s partner Louis Charalambous obtains record libel damages for Robert Murat and six figure sums for Michaela Walczuch and Sergey Malinka


20 June 2008
UK theatrical release of "Edge of Love" featuring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy and Matthew Rhys. SM&B acted for Prescience Film Finance Limited on behalf of the Prescience funds financing the film.


30 May 2008
UK theatrical release of "Chemical Wedding" written by Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson and featuring Simon Callow. SM&B acted for Focus Films and Bill & Ben Productions, the producers of the film.


16 May 2008
Simons Muirhead & Burton successfully resists appeal in MPs' expenses case


15 May 2008
Simons Muirhead & Burton wins an apology for Robert Murat from the Scotsman newspaper: "It was a seriously defamatory allegation and untrue"


26 April 2008
David Abrahams Press Release (26 April 2008)


11 April 2008
Simons Muirhead & Burton Has Been Instructed By Robert Murat In His Libel Actions


4 March 2008
Privy Council Allows Appeals In Two Key Simons Muirhead & Burton Death Penalty Cases


26 February 2008
Landmark Freedom of Information Act Victory by Simons Muirhead & Burton Relating To MPs' expenses


4 February 2008
SM&B's Immigration Department Launches a Employers' Immigration Helpline