Issues-based order

Actavis UK Ltd v Novartis AG [2009] EWHC 502 (Ch) 19 March

Neil Rose, Law Society Gazette, 18 June

In patent litigation the claimant had established the invalidity of the defendant’s patent and sought its costs on the basis of costs following the event. The defendant sought an issues-based order to reflect the fact that the claimant had only succeeded on one narrow point.