Despite reports yesterday that Yoko Ono was planning to go legal over Paul McCartney’s decision to credit Beatles songs on his live album to ‘Paul McCartney and John Lennon’ (rather than the usual Lennon/McCartney), her lawyers have denied any lawsuit will be issued. "I don't think anybody ever said Yoko was going to sue Paul,” lawyer Peter Shukat told the BBC.
McCartney’s spokesman Geoff Baker also dismissed lawsuit reports: "Have we had any legal letters? Absolutely not, it's not true. I don't know whether she [Ono] is happy about it or not, but there can't be any legal action." Ono and McCartney both have an equal share in Apple Records, Mr Baker said, and one member would not sue another.
Talking about McCartney’s decision to switch the credits on the tracks Baker said he was trying to rectify the “historical imbalance”. Again stressing that Lennon and McCartney agreed in the sixties that their names could be arranged in any order, he said: "It's not demeaning John, it's not taking anything away from John, it's merely pointing out who did the body of work on certain songs, just so people know."