The public policy defence of a right to repair by creation of ‘spare parts’ to a copyright infringement claim depended upon the right being so clear that no right thinking person would quarrel with it. An equitable duty of confidence falls on a recipient of information where any reasonable person would see the receipt in these terms.
A payment on account of costs must be set at a level which the judge thinks is the minimum that the receiving party will recover on a detailed assessment
Jacob J
Times 23-Jun-1999, [1999] EWHC Patents 226, [1999] 2 Costs LR 44, [2000] FSR 138
Bailii
England and Wales
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Cited – Goknur v Aytacli CA 13-Jul-2021
Third Party Costs – Director of Insolvent Company
(Organic Village) The Court considered the circumstances Limited in which a director and shareholder of an insolvent company may be personally liable for some or all of that company’s costs liabilities incurred in unsuccessful litigation, pursuant . .
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