Redrow Homes Ltd and others v Bett Brothers Plc and others: HL 22 Jan 1998

Additional damages under section 97 of the 1988 Act, can only be awarded with compensatory damages, not with a claim for damages under section 96.

Citations:

Times 26-Jan-1998, Gazette 11-Feb-1998, [1998] 1 All ER 385, [1998] UKHL 2, [1999] AC 197, [1998] 2 WLR 198

Links:

House of Lords, Bailii

Statutes:

Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 97

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

Appeal fromRedrow Homes Ltd v Bett Brothers Plc IHCS 2-May-1997
A pursuer in an action for breach of copyright must take either an account of profits or additional damages but not both. . .
OverruledCala Homes (South) Ltd and Others v Alfred Mcalpine Homes East Ltd (No 2) ChD 30-Oct-1995
A plaintiff may claim damages under section 97(2) in addition to claiming an account of profits, as his primary remedy. A person claiming joint rights in the copyright as author must contribute to the ‘production’ of the work and create something . .
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Intellectual Property, Scotland, Damages

Updated: 07 December 2022; Ref: scu.158933