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Intellectual property [2025] EWCA Civ 936

Accord Healthcare Ltd & Ors v Regents of the University of California & Anor

Accord Healthcare Ltd & Ors v Regents of the University of California & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 936 (23 July 2025)

The Court of Appeal dismissed an obviousness appeal over a prostate-cancer patent and SPC, upholding the Patents Court’s finding that the claims were not proved obvious.

  • Patent validity
  • Obviousness
  • Pharmaceutical patents
  • Supplementary protection certificates (spc)
  • Prior art
  • Technical contribution
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Aviation law

Richard Arthern v Ryanair DAC

The High Court dismissed an appeal over a passenger’s slip on liquid in an aircraft cabin, holding the injury was not caused by an “accident” under Montreal Convention article 17(1).

  • Montreal convention
  • Air carrier liability
  • Personal injury
  • Definition of accident
  • Standard of review on appeal
  • Montreal-convention
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Medical law [2022] EWHC 137 (Admin)

Rahim v General Medical Council

Rahim v General Medical Council [2022] EWHC 137 (Admin) (25 January 2022)

Appeal against a GMC tribunal decision dismisssed after the High Court upheld findings of dishonesty over altered medical notes and rejected procedural fairness challenges.

  • Dishonesty in medical records
  • Procedural fairness in disciplinary proceedings
  • Disclosure obligations
  • Standard of review on appeal
  • Alternative charges in regulatory law
  • Medical-discipline
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Intellectual property [2021] EWHC 1438 (Ch)

Puma SE v Nike Innovate CV

Puma SE v Nike Innovate CV [2021] EWHC 1438 (Ch) (27 May 2021)

High Court appeal in a trade mark opposition over “FOOTWARE”. The court dismissed Puma’s challenge to the refusal grounds under sections 3(1)(b), (c) and (d).

  • Distinctiveness of trade marks
  • Descriptiveness under trade marks act 1994 s.3(1)(b)-(d)
  • Customary use in trade
  • Standard of review on appeal
  • Trade-marks
  • Trade-mark-distinctiveness
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Administrative law [2018] EWCA Civ 2796

General Medical Council v Hayat

General Medical Council v Hayat [2018] EWCA Civ 2796 (13 December 2018)

The Court of Appeal held that a brief sick note did not require adjournment of GMC disciplinary proceedings and restored the tribunal’s decision to proceed in absence.

  • Adjournment of disciplinary proceedings
  • Medical evidence in regulatory hearings
  • Procedural fairness
  • Standard of review on appeal
  • Fitness to practise
  • Tribunal discretion
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Administrative law [2014] EWHC 2927 (Admin)

Brew v The General Medical Council

Brew v The General Medical Council [2014] EWHC 2927 (Admin) (10 September 2014)

High Court appeal against erasure from the medical register dismissed. The court held the tribunal’s sanction was open to it and no procedural unfairness was shown.

  • Medical practitioner fitness to practise
  • Dishonesty in professional conduct
  • Procedural fairness
  • Sanctions for professional misconduct
  • Standard of review on appeal
  • Medical-profession-discipline
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Professional discipline [2012] EWHC 3142 (Admin)

Obi v Solicitors Regulation Authority

Obi v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2012] EWHC 3142 (Admin) (08 November 2012)

The High Court allowed a solicitor’s appeal against strike-off and remitted sanction for reconsideration, holding the tribunal had not adequately addressed prior time off practice or why suspension was insufficient.

  • Solicitors' disciplinary proceedings
  • Sanctions for professional misconduct
  • Standard of review on appeal
  • Mitigation in disciplinary sanctions
  • Professional-discipline
  • Solicitors-discipline
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