Contact with chambers should be made through the Practice Management Team. They are happy to discuss client requirements and provide further information on such matters as the expertise and experience of individual members, fees, working practices and languages spoken. We have members able to work in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Greek and Chinese (Mandarin).
Outside working hours, a member of our team is always available to be contacted on matters of an urgent nature. Contact should be made using the Chambers main number or email.
For our Singapore office, for client enquiries please contact our BD Director, Asia Pacific, Lara Quie and for all other queries please contact Lynn Quek. Out of office hours calls will automatically be diverted to our clerking team in London.
28 Maxwell Road
#02-03 Maxwell Chambers Suites
Singapore 069120
singapore@twentyessex.com
t: +65 62257230
Contact with chambers should be made through the Practice Management Team. They are happy to discuss client requirements and provide further information on such matters as the expertise and experience of individual members, fees, working practices and languages spoken. We have members able to work in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Greek and Chinese (Mandarin).
Outside working hours, a member of our team is always available to be contacted on matters of an urgent nature. Contact should be made using the Chambers main number or email.
For our Singapore office, for client enquiries please contact our BD Director, Asia Pacific, Lara Quie and for all other queries please contact Lynn Quek. Out of office hours calls will automatically be diverted to our clerking team in London.
28 Maxwell Road
#02-03 Maxwell Chambers Suites
Singapore 069120
singapore@twentyessex.com
t: +65 62257230
In a high-profile patent case, the Court of Appeal has dismissed a jurisdiction challenge brought by Eli Lilly & Company. This is the first case where the English court has accepted jurisdiction to hear claims for negative declaratory relief over non-UK designations of European patents. The Claimant, Actavis, brought claims for negative declarations in respect of the UK, French, German, Italian and Spanish designations of one of Lilly’s patent over pemetrexed disodium. Lilly disputed jurisdiction and lost before Arnold J. The Court of Appeal has upheld Arnold J’s decision, holding that Lilly had consented to service, and also that it had a place of business within the jurisdiction and so was validly served under CPR 6.9.
Thomas Raphael acted for the respondents (instructed by Bird & Bird LLP)