- Cited — Teva UK Limited & Anor v Novartis AG 2022-12-08
“…dern law as to the exercise of this jurisdiction is the judgment of Lord Woolf MR, with whom Hale LJ and Lord Mustill agreed, in Messier-Dowty Ltd v Sabena Ltd [2000] 1 WLR 2040 at [41]:…”
- Cited — Athena Capital Fund Sicav-Fis S.C.A. & Ors. v Secretariat of State for the Holy See 2022-07-26
“…purely hypothetical question where there is no real and present dispute between the parties, and to the decision of this court in Messier-Dowty Ltd v Sabena SA [2000] 1 WLR 2040.…”
- Explained — Athena Capital Fund Sicav-Fis S.C.A. & Ors. v Secretariat of State for the Holy See 2022-07-26
“…matic approach to the question of utility, as explained by Lord Woolf MR (with whom Lady Justice Hale and Lord Mustill agreed) in Messier-Dowty Ltd v Sabena SA [2000] 1 WLR 2040. After discussing the judgments of Lord Denning MR in this court and Lord Wilberforce in the House of Lords in Camilla Cotton Oil Co v Granadex SA [1975] 1 Llo…”
- Cited — Lifestyle Equities CV & Anor. v Amazon UK Services Limited & Ors. 2022-05-12
“…It is well established that the court may grant a declaration where it will serve a useful purpose: see in particular Messier-Dowty Ltd v Sabena SA [2000] 1 WLR 2040. Lifestyle contend that the declarations sought would serve a useful purpose because they would enable Lifestyle to communicate the effect of this Court’s deci…”
- Cited — Vestel Elektronik Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. & Anor v Access Advance LLC & Anor 2021-03-26
“…ope and in particular in Belgium. I analysed the law at length from paragraphs 63-88, including the leading authorities on declarations: Messier-Dowty v Sabena [2000] 1 WLR 2040, Rolls Roycev Unite the Union, FSA v Rourke [2002] CP Rep 14, and Milebush Properties vTameside [2011] EWCA Civ 270.…”
- Cited — Wright v Granath 2021-01-15
“…e proceedings seeking a declaration of non-liability by way of negative declaratory relief (“NDR”), but that is no longer so: see Messier Dowty Ltd v Sabena SA [2000] 1 WLR 2040. As Rix LJ put it in Andrea Merzario Ltd v International Spedition Leitner GmbH [2001]…”