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Secretary of State for Health v Servier Laboratories Ltd

Hearings

17 Apr 2019 [2019] EWHC 1004 (Ch); [2019] 5 CMLR 6, Ch D (Roth J)

27 Jun 2019 [2019] EWCA Civ 1096; [2020] Ch 193; [2020] 2 WLR 149; [2020] 1 All ER 432; [2020] 1 All ER (Comm) 402; [2019] WLR (D) 366, CA (Longmore, Rose LJJ, Sir Stephen Richards)

25 Jul 2019 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court given

06 Nov 2020 [2020] UKSC 44; [2022] AC 921; [2020] 3 WLR 1207; [2021] 2 All ER 667; [2021] 1 All ER (Comm) 1283; The Times, 20 November 2020, SC(E) (Lord Reed PSC, Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Briggs, Lord Sales, Lord Hamblen JJSC)

Additional names

Welsh Ministers v Servier Laboratories Ltd

Scottish Ministers v Servier Laboratories Ltd

Subject Matter

EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE — Judgment — Res judicata — Claimants seeking damages in English court in respect of defendants’ anti-competitive conduct — European Commission giving decision in relation to defendants’ anti-competitive conduct — Part of decision subsequently annulled by General Court of the European Union — Whether General Court’s factual findings binding as res judicata in English proceedings

[2019] EWCA Civ 1096; [2020] Ch 193; [2020] 2 WLR 149; [2020] 1 All ER 432; [2020] 1 All ER (Comm) 402; [2019] WLR (D) 366, CA

EUROPEAN UNION — Res judicata — Judgment of General Court — Claimants seeking damages in English court in respect of defendants’ anti-competitive conduct — European Commission giving decision in relation to defendants’ anti-competitve conduct — Part of decision subsequently annulled by General Court of the European Union — Commission and defendants appealing against General Court’s decision — Whether General Court’s factual findings binding as res judicata in English proceedings

[2020] UKSC 44; [2022] AC 921; [2020] 3 WLR 1207; [2021] 2 All ER 667; [2021] 1 All ER (Comm) 1283; The Times, 20 November 2020, SC(E)

Appellate History

Secretary of State for Health v Servier Laboratories Ltd [2019] EWHC 1004 (Ch); [2019] 5 CMLR 6, Ch D

Decision of Roth J affirmed

Secretary of State for Health v Servier Laboratories Ltd [2019] EWCA Civ 1096; [2020] Ch 193; [2020] 2 WLR 149; [2020] 1 All ER 432; [2020] 1 All ER (Comm) 402; [2019] WLR (D) 366, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal affirmed on different grounds

Secretary of State for Health v Servier Laboratories Ltd [2020] UKSC 44; [2022] AC 921; [2020] 3 WLR 1207; [2021] 2 All ER 667; [2021] 1 All ER (Comm) 1283; The Times, 20 November 2020, SC(E)

Commentary

UK Supreme Court Blog
New Judgment: Secretary of State for Health and Ors v Servier Laboratories Ltd and Ors [2020] UKSC 44 Case comment

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