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Court of Appeal caps Convatec costs budget at £4 million and lets inventor claim for combined patents
The Court of Appeal of England and Wales held on October 26, 2026, in Parsons v Convatec [2026] EWCA Civ 1357 that section 106 of the Patents Act 1977, on parties' financial position in costs orders, applies to costs budgeting, and that an employee may claim compensation for the combined benefit of several inventions. Lord Justice Arnold capped Convatec's budgeted recoverable costs at £4 million in former chemist David Parsons' claim, valued at up to £366 million.
Order (ICLG) → · Law Society Gazette, Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Black Horse and Close Brothers seek UK Supreme Court appeal over motor finance omnibus claims
Court of Appeal calls £2 million brief fee for four-day appeal "astonishing" and cuts Russia's security bill
Court of Appeal says judges sentencing by live link should be rare and cuts fraud sentence for guideline errors
In R v Priestley [2026] EWCA Crim 1284, the Court of Appeal said a judge sentencing by live link, especially where custody is likely, should be rare and administrative convenience is not enough; the resident judge should be consulted, counsel given reasons and a chance to object, and a short ruling uploaded to the digital case system. It cut Frederic Priestley's fraud sentence from 35 to 24 months for harm-category and mitigation errors but refused to suspend it.
Order (The National Archives (Find Case Law)) → · Solicitors Journal, Law Gazette
Court of Appeal quashes five former Barclays traders' rate-rigging convictions after Hayes ruling
The Court of Appeal of England and Wales on October 7 quashed the Libor and Euribor conspiracy-to-defraud convictions of former Barclays traders Jay Merchant, Jonathan Mathew, Alex Pabon, Philippe Moryoussef and Colin Bermingham. The appeals, referred by the Criminal Cases Review Commission, argued their juries received directions like those the UK Supreme Court found wrong when it quashed Tom Hayes's conviction in July 2025; the Serious Fraud Office did not oppose them.
Order (BBC News) → · The Independent, Criminal Cases Review Commission
Court of Appeal: judges should hear cases from bed only as a last resort
In Patel v General Optical Council [2026] EWCA Civ 1206, handed down on September 22, 2026, the Court of Appeal refused permission for a second appeal by suspended optometrist Suleman Patel but held Deputy High Court Judge Richard Clayton KC should not have heard the High Court appeal remotely from bed while recovering from Achilles surgery. Lord Justice Phillips, with Lady Justice Falk, said bed hearings should be a last resort when conventional listing is not feasible.
Opinion (Solicitors Journal) → · Legal Futures, The Guardian
Court of Appeal bars Part 18 ATE-commission probes in solicitor-own-client assessments
The Court of Appeal held on September 21, 2026 that a costs judge assessing a solicitor’s bill under the Solicitors Act 1974 cannot use CPR Part 18 to force answers about alleged after-the-event insurance commissions. Lady Justice Andrews, with Lord Justices Lewison and Phillips, allowed Coupland Cavendish Ltd (trading as Gowing Law) to overturn Sweeting J in Turner v Coupland Cavendish Ltd [2026] EWCA Civ 1204.
Order (Find Case Law (The National Archives)) → · Solicitors Journal, Legal Futures