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Employment Appeal Tribunal
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Ealing v Peace — Employment Tribunal Erred by Treating Supplementary Particulars as Pleadings Without Applying the Selkent Amendment Test

The Employment Appeal Tribunal allowed an employer’s appeal, holding that the Employment Tribunal had erred in law by incorporating new complaints from a supplementary “Particulars of Claim” document into the list of issues without treating the exercise as an amendment application and applying the Selkent balance of injustice and hardship test.

England & Wales High Court (Planning Court)
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Glenbrook Industrial Ltd v Wigan Council — Failure to Republish Substitute Plans Does Not Invalidate Planning Permission Where Affected Landowner Knew the Issue Was Live

The High Court (Planning Court) dismissed a judicial review challenge to outline planning permission granted to a neighbouring developer, holding that the Council’s failure to publish substitute site access plans before determining the application was an irregularity but not a material unfairness, because the claimant had actual knowledge that the route of the estate road was a live issue and had made representations on it before the decision.

England & Wales High Court (Administrative Court)
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Adefidiya v Nursing and Midwifery Council — High Court Upholds Nurse’s Striking-Off for Multi-Year Pattern of Dishonesty and Clinical Failure

The High Court dismissed a nurse’s appeal against an NMC striking-off order, affirming the Fitness to Practise Committee’s findings of misconduct and lack of competence across multiple employers, and upholding the impairment finding and striking-off sanction where charges included premeditated dishonesty for personal financial gain and repeated breaches of conditions of practice.

Court of Appeal of England and Wales
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Nokia v. Acer and Asus — UK Court of Appeal Stays FRAND Claims, Rules Arbitration Offer Satisfies Licensing Obligations

The UK Court of Appeal permanently stayed FRAND proceedings brought by Acer and Asus against Nokia, holding that Nokia’s offer to resolve standard-essential patent licensing disputes through arbitration constituted compliance with its FRAND obligations.

High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts of England and Wales, Intellectual Property List (ChD)
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Noel Redding & Mitch Mitchell Estates v. Sony Music — UK High Court Rules Jimi Hendrix Bandmates Have No Copyright or Performers’ Rights in Classic Recordings

The UK High Court dismissed claims by the estates of Jimi Hendrix Experience members Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell, ruling that their 1966 recording agreement unambiguously assigned copyright to the producers and that prior releases barred all claims, including those related to streaming.

High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts, Intellectual Property List (Chancery Division)
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Noel Redding Estate v. Sony Music — UK High Court Dismisses Jimi Hendrix Bandmates’ Copyright Claims Over Classic Recordings

The UK High Court ruled that the estates of Jimi Hendrix’s bandmates Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell have no copyright ownership or performers’ property rights in approximately 40 studio recordings, finding the 1966 Recording Agreement unambiguously assigned worldwide copyright to produc

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