NIPC Law

Konstantin von Wedelstaedt [GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html) or GFDL 1.2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html)] Jane Lambert Chancery Division (Mr Justice Birss)  Performing Right Society Ltd v Qatar Airways Group QC S [2020] EWHC 1872 (Ch) (17 July 2020) This was an application by the defendant airline to stay an action for copyright infringement on grounds of forum non conveniens and case management.  The action has been brought by the Performing Right Society which alleges that the inflight entertainment systems of the defendant's aircraft infringe the copyright laws of the countries in which those aircraft are present at any one time.   The application came on before Mr Justice Birss on 18 June 2020.   He handed down his judgment in  Performing Right Society Ltd v Qatar Airways Group QCS [2020] EWHC 1872 on 17 July 2020. Referring to Lord Goff's speech in  Spiliada ...

Gulf Cooperation Council Authors Iraqiblioggers Licence Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4 International Source Wikipedia Jane Lambert While British departure from the EU on 29 March 2019 may not be a racing certainty with growing calls for a second referendum it is still very likely. British businesses need to look for alternative markets and one with which the UK has very close commercial, diplomatic and cultural links are the Arabic speaking states on the shores of the Arabian (or, if you prefer, Persian) Gulf. Six of those states have formed a political and economic union known as The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf which is generally abbreviated to Gulf Cooperation Council or "GCC".  Those states are Bahrain. Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.  The combined population of those states is just over 54 million (33 million of whom are Saudi nationals).  The states' combined land area is...