James Newman has successfully fought off a legal claim by another songwriter who accused him of ripping off her work on Rudimental’s 2013 hit ‘Waiting All Night’, which Newman co-wrote.Kelly-Marie Smith initially also sued all three members of Rudimental and another co-writer, Jonny Harris, in relation her claim that ‘Waiting All Night’ infringed the copyright in her 2007 song ‘Can You Tell Me?’ However, it was her claim against Newman that was the focus by the time the matter reached the the