We have been asked by some customers in to clarify in writing the outcome of the legal action and court case between Paul Hollings and Stephen Moss in 1999.

In 1996 Paul Hollings became a business partner with Stephen Moss under the trading name Veronica, also know as Veronica FM and Veronica Kits. In 1998 Moss wanted to end the partnership and offered Hollings the opportunity to buy him out for 2000 Pounds Sterling, this included the Veronica trading name, the domain name veronica.co.uk and all the intellectual property associated with the Veronica name and products. Hollings accepted, paid the 2000 pounds sterling in full and both Hollings and Moss signed the contract to put this into effect.

Within a month of signing the contract, Moss reproduced all the same boards and products and then registered the name Veronica FM and started trading again. Moss attempted to claim that 1. the boards were not part of the intellectual property deal and 2. his new business was called Veronica FM and not Veronica, so they were different. This led to long court case of over a year which ended up in the High Court in London.

Stephen Moss lost the court case in 1999 on the following grounds, copyright infringement, breach of contract and passing off. He was ordered to stop manufacturing the copied boards and designs and to never use the name Veronica again. As part of the court settlement Stephen Moss asked Paul Hollings if he would agree not disclose the result of the court case for two years as doing so would finish the business for him and Christine. Paul Hollings did not want this for Stephen Moss and Christine and agreed to a Tomlin order to enforce this two years of silence. The costs for Paul Hollings came to just over thirteen thousand UK Pounds. Stephen Moss claimed he had no money and it would mean Christine would have to sell her house to pay the costs. Hollings did not want her to lose the house and for this reason did not demand payment of the costs.

No expert witness's appeared in any of the court sessions. Due to Paul Hollings being a former BBC engineer, he was considered an expert witness and that was sufficient.

Justin Birch of J P Mewies Solicitors represented Paul Hollings throughout the entire legal action.

Aareff takes all reasonable steps to ensure this information is accurate. Any challenge to the accuracy of this information can be sent in writing to Veronica Radio Systems Ltd at Mewies Solicitors, Clifford House, Keighley Road, Skipton, BD23 2NB, United Kingdom

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