Cloch Solicitors

04/04/2026

Are you ready, set... for World Intellectual Property Day on 26 April 2026? This year World IP Day celebrates how creativity and innovation, backed by IP rights, keep the world of sports thriving, dynamic and accessible for everyone, everywhere. Cutting-edge equipment, team identities, broadcasts of unforgettable sporting moments and more: intellectual property (IP) is key to protecting and promoting the inventions, designs, brands and stories that drive the world of sports, inspire athletes and unite fans everywhere. Sports aren’t just about the game — they intersect with fashion, entertainment, media, health, gaming and consumer goods. IP such as patents, designs, trademarks, and copyrights, incentivizes innovation and enables cross-industry connections with sport, sparking creativity, technological advancement and economic growth. Even when you’re outside the stadium or off the court, sports and IP are part of your daily life – just look down at the sneakers on your feet.

19/03/2026

ThinkingCapital:- this afternoon Cloch lawyer Philip Hannay brought to a close his 12th year teaching postgraduate Diploma in Professional Legal Practice students ‘Intellectual Property Law & Commercial Contracts’ in the University of Strathclyde School of Law, and 5th year as senior coordinating tutor. Some of the law students Philip had the great privilege and joy teaching join him in this photo. Another good year showing great potential for the profession.

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17/03/2026

ThinkingCapital: this morning Cloch lawyer Philip Hannay brought to a close his 12th year (4th as senior coordinating tutor) teaching postgraduate Diploma in Professional Legal Practice students 'Company Law' in the University of Strathclyde School of Law. Some of the company law students Philip had the privilege and joy teaching feature in this photo. Another good year showing great potential for the profession.

05/03/2026

Happy World Book Day 2026! 📚

World Book Day 2026 books and book tokens. Inspire kids with free activities, costume ideas, and reading fun for all ages.

23/02/2026

Reminder! - UKIPO to raise fees materially (by an average of 25%) from 01 April 2026 (no joke)...

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12/02/2026

Yesterday Cloch lawyer Philip Hannay returned (for a 12th year) to the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences at the University of Glasgow to deliver a two-hour overview of intellectual property in the commercialisation of the biosciences to MSc Technology Transfer and Commercialisation of Bioscience postgraduates. The course equips students with the knowledge and skills to take a bioscience research idea from the bench to a viable business venture and, focuses on questions such as: What is IPR and why is it important to the life sciences? How IP relates to the life cycle of a bioscience product? What are patentable ideas and what other IP rights (trademarks, copyrights) exist? Why balance the rights of business originators/owners and interested third parties? The February class is generally populated by students from PGT masters courses in biotechnology, biotechnology and management, biomedical sciences, cancer sciences, brain sciences, immunology, infection biology and food security. Around 40 students attended.

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17/01/2026

ThinkingCapital: - Cloch lawyer Philip Hannay returned to the University of Strathclyde School of Law this week to teach 'Company Law' and 'Intellectual Property & Commercial Contracts’ for a 12th year (4th as senior coordinating tutor) to postgraduate professional legal practice students. The corporate course covers topics such as: company incorporation and share capital; company administration and effecting business decisions; share capital – transfers and relationships among shareholders; acquisitions – introductions and preliminary agreements; acquisitions – assets and shares; acquisitions – warranties, indemnities and the disclosure letter; raising finance from a bank; investment and private equity; companies in financial difficulty. The intellectual property course covers the journey from the establishment of an intangible asset management strategy, through the prosecution and securing of key intangible asset rights, the formalisation of key relationships with third parties, methods and challenges in exploiting intangible assets, to dealing with infringement.

Professional Legal Practice

20/11/2025

Thinking Capital: Cloch lawyer Philip Hannay brought to a close his 11th year teaching postgraduate Diploma in Professional Legal Practice students ‘Business & Financial Awareness’ in the University of Strathclyde School of Law this morning. Some of the law students Philip had the great privilege and joy teaching join him in this photo. Another good year showing great potential for the profession.

06/10/2025

IP PRIZE- Justine Arndt wins the 2025 Cloch® Quaich for Best Intellectual Property Law related dissertation at the University of Aberdeen. Justine's dissertation explored "A Critical Analysis of the Development of Moral Rights within the United Kingdom’s Copyright Legislation, and their Future.". The 'Cloch IP Quaich' and cash prize was awarded by Greg Gordon, Professor of Law and Head of School of Law at University of Aberdeen, at the Law School prize-giving. The coveted Cloch IP Quaich is now on display in the Taylor Law Library, University of Aberdeen School of Law. Justine's dissertation has been added to the Lord Rodger Library at Cloch Solicitors.

06/10/2025

Cloch lawyer Philip Hannay returned to Dumfries House this morning for a ninth year to deliver a 2+hour overview of business structures, commercial contracts, dispute resolution, and intellectual property as part of the prestigious King's Foundation week long Business Skills Weeks Programme (supporting excellence in British craftsmanship).

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24/09/2025

UK tax tribunal judge, Christopher McNall, includes use of AI in his decision for case: VP Evans (as executrix of HB Evans, deceased) & Ors v The Commissioners for HMRC [2025] UKFTT 1112 (TC), 22 August 2025.

A UK tax tribunal judge has confirmed that he used artificial intelligence to help draft a ruling on a disclosure application, in what appears to be the first published UK judicial decision of its kind. The case, VP Evans (as executrix of HB Evans, deceased) & Ors v The Commissioners for HMRC [2