Newbran Entertainments Limited & Marlon Anthony Brown v Ashley Charles
David appeared for the Claimants in a one-day trial at the Central London County Court. The trial concerned a dispute between a recording artist, her record label and her former manager. The Claimants relied upon a recording agreement, which the Defendant denied having signed or otherwise being bound by, as entitling them to a portion of an advance paid to the Defendant by a major record label.
Following David’s cross examination of the Defendant the Court found that the Claimant had signed the recording agreement and was subsequently in repudiatory breach of it, and that the Defendants were accordingly entitled to recover damages to compensate them for this breach. Additionally, the Court found that the Claimants were entitled to a declaration regarding ownership of copyright in certain recordings created by the Defendant prior to the breach of the recording agreement.
David Ivison acted for the Claimant.