“…ticular problems and are subject to some particular considerations. As this court pointed out in SmithKline Beecham Biologicals SA v Connaught Laboratories Inc [1999] 4 All ER 498, patent litigation is of peculiar public importance …. That means that the public must be properly informed; but it means at the same time that the issues must…”
“…SmithKline Beecham v Connaught [1999] 4 All ER 498 concerned whether the implied undertaking in relation to disclosed documents no longer applied under RSC Ord. 24 r.14A (the predecessor of CPR 31.22) because t…”
“…cation is, for instance, dismissed by consent, albeit by a decision announced in open court: see SmithKline Beecham Biologicals SA v Connaught Laboratories Inc [1999] 4 All ER 498.”…”
“…e proceedings less intelligible to the press and the public. This calls for counter measures. In SmithKline Beecham Biologicals SA v Connaught Laboratories Inc [1999] 4 All ER 498 Lord Bingham referred to the need to give appropriate weight both to efficiency and to openness of justice as the court's practice develops. He observed that p…”