Appointments to the Court of Appeal
By Aurelien Guichard from London, United Kingdom - Royal Courts of Justice, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curi d=62065074 Jane Lambert We should like to congratulate Mr Justice Birss and Mr Justice Nugee on their elevation to the Court of Appeal (see Courts and Tribunal Judiciary Appointment of Lord and Lady Justices of Appeal 31 July 2020). Since Lord Justice Arnold's elevation, Mr Justice Birss has been the presiding judge of the Patents Court. We can expect a new appointment to replace him. I have no inside information but I have a shrewd idea who that is likely to be. If I am right it will come as a surprise to many people. But I'm not saying. Mr Justice Nugee also sits in the Patents Court from time to time. The last time I mentioned him was in my article on freezing injunctions (see Jane Lambert Freezing Injunctions - Organic Grape Spirit Ltd v Nueva IQT, SL 29 July 2020 NIPC Law). The Court of Appeal seemed to en