UN Backs Witches In Row With Shires Developers

The United Nations has ruled in favour of a group of witches in a dispute with the firm behind the Shires development.

Hammerson, the developers behind the £300 million extension of the shopping centre, launched legal action to stop the group of witches using the disputed name for their website.

The witches registered the website www.highcrossquarter.com to promote their beliefs - but Hammerson wanted the website after it used the same name for the shopping centre.

Despite ditching the name for Highcross Leicester, the firm continued its legal bid to take control of the website domain name.

The United Nation's World Intellectual Property Organization ruled against the FTSE100 firm, saying the witches had registered the domain name legitimately. Full Story

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