The court had allowed another company to be added as respondent to an appeal by a plaintiff against the judge’s decision against a patent’s validity. ‘Sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b) widens the discretion of the court to a great extent, for now the court may add any person such as is described in that sub-paragraph if the question or issue involved is one which in the opinion of the court it would be just and convenient to determine as between the applicant and the present party to the proceedings as well as between the parties to the proceedings themselves.’
Judges:
Buckley LJ, Orr LJ, Sir John Pennycuick
Citations:
[1976] RCC 541
Statutes:
Rules of the Supreme Court O15 r6
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Balkanbank v Naser Taher and Others QBD 13-Feb-1995
The plaintiff had obtained a worldwide Mareva injunction, giving an undertaking for damages. On its discharge, the defendants sought to make a counterclaim. The defendant company and its subsidiaries sought to counterclaim for their damages suffered . .
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Litigation Practice
Updated: 23 March 2022; Ref: scu.200489