Sir William Aldous

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Qualified: 
Arbitrator
Mediator
Specialist Areas: 
Intellectual Property
Education: 
Trinity College, Cambridge - Law degree; MA

Additional Experience: 
The person to decide appeals to the Board of Trade from decisions of the Registrar of Trade Marks
Chairman of the Performing Rights Tribunal

Judicial History: 
2003 Lord Justice of Appeal and sworn of Her Majesty’s Privy Council
1988-1995 A High Court Judge of the Chancery Division – presiding judge of the Patents Court.

General Information: 
I am an intellectual property law specialist. I have appeared in many cases in the English Courts and have represented the United Kingdom at the European Court of Justice. I was the first intellectual property specialist to be appointed to the Court of Appeal and since my appointment in 1995, I have adjudicated on most of the patent cases that reached the Court of Appeal. During this time I have also been concerned with all types of cases including:

 

  • asylum applications
  • personal injury
  • contract
  • landlord and tenant
  • tax
  • VAT
  • shipping
  • and insurance claims.