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People | Nicolas Murfett
Nicolas Murfett is a Solicitor in the Sport and Interactive Entertainment Groups. He advises clients on a wide range of non-contentious commercial and intellectual property matters within both the sports and videogames industries and the sponsorship, advertising, film and television industries.
Nicolas has spent the last six months on secondment to Microsoft. During this time, he has primarily advised Microsoft on its content licence and app development arrangements with film studios and distributors for Microsoft’s “Zune” digital entertainment service and Xbox Live platform.
Having graduated from the University of Sheffield with an LLB (Hons) Nic went on to complete the LPC at Nottingham Law School before obtaining a Postgraduate Certificate in Sports Law with a Commendation from King's College London. Nic qualified as a solicitor in March 2011 having trained with the firm and is a member of the British Association for Sport and Law.
Articles by Nicolas Murfett:
Caroline Turner and Nicolas Murfett question the rights for publishers and authors as more books are produced digitally.
We look at the ASA's recent decision to ban adverts in Jack Wills' 2011 Spring Term Handbook, highlighting the difference between the ASA's treatment of harmless sexual innuendo and graphic sexual references.
Since the introduction of the Finance Act 1986, HMRC has sought to tax non-resident, non-domiciled athletes competing in the UK both on the earnings they make while they are in the UK as well as on a proportion of their global endorsement income. The theory behind this decision is that a proportion of athletes' endorsement income can be directly linked to their performance in competitions held in the UK.
