Summary Judgment Inward Ip Cases; A Plea For Help

A famous illustration of summary judgment from Alice inward Wonderland

IPKat co-proprietor Jeremy is currently writing an article on summary judgment in addition to striking out inward intellectual belongings proceedings. For those readers who are non familiar amongst the terms, "summary judgment" is where the estimate issues an companionship inward favour of 1 or other political party without letting the thing nether dispute larn to a total declaration earlier the court, on the footing that the successful party's instance on the disputed betoken is in addition to hence potent that his adversary has no risk of succeeding against it. "Striking out" is where the courtroom orders all or business office of a claim or a defense forcefulness to hold upwards removed from the dispute on the the world that it is in addition to hence weak or unjustifiable that in that place is no justification inward leaving it to hold upwards resolved at trial.

If whatever reader of the IPKat weblog has whatever interesting thoughts, potent opinions or valuable experiences of summary judgment in addition to striking out, Jeremy would hold upwards most excited to ask heed virtually them. Please electronic mail him hither in addition to tell him. When the draft article is finished (realistically, unopen to fourth dimension inward June), he volition larn inward available on the weblog for anyone who wants to read it. The article volition focus mainly on Britain police delineate but, if in that place are whatever lessons out in that place which lawyers inward other jurisdictions tin learn us, those lessons volition hold upwards highly welcome.

More summary judgment inward Alice inward Wonderland (click here and scroll downwards to the mouse's tale).