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Alastair Wilson KC
Position
Barrister specialising in all aspects of intellectual property, IT and commercial disputes with a technical aspect, and privacy. Also occasional advice on gaming matters as a result of involvement in Express Newspapers v Liverpool Evening Post. Cases include: TDY Industries & Kennametal v Pramet Tools; MMI v CellXion (defendant’s appeal on obviousness succeeds in CA); MTM v Jones & Morris (confidential information action in the Isle of Man, relating to tax scheme); NMT v Wilmshurst (defamation action raising serious medical/technical issues); A v B & C (Flitcroft) (Court of Appeal) [2003] QB 195; Designer’s Guild v Russell Williams [2001] 1 All ER 700 (House of Lords); Sabaf v Meneghetti [2004] UKHL 45, [2005] RPC 10 (House of Lords); British Leyland v Armstrong [1986] AC 577 (House of Lords); Douglas v Hello!; Saint-Gobain v Fusion Provida and Electrosteel [2005] EWCA (Civ) 177 (Court of Appeal); Lucasfilm Ltd & ors v Ainsworth & anor (Supreme Court); Phillips v MGN – claim to privilege against self-incrimination rejected; Vestergaard Frandsen v Besthet [2014] EWMC 3139 (ch).
Career
Called 1968, Middle Temple; called Eire 1977, called Northern Ireland 1989; QC 1987; Recorder 1996; former committee member of Chancery Bar Association; appointed to sit in PCC 2013.
Languages
French, Italian (reading, not fluent in conversation).
Memberships
IP Bar Association; Chancery Bar Association; TIPLO; associate member Chartered Institute of Patent Agents.
Education
Wellington College; Pembroke College, Cambridge (MA Maths & Law).
Leisure
Gardening, building.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Intellectual property
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Hogarth Chambers is strong in handling instructions concerning trade marks, copyright, designs, confidential information, and increasingly, patents. Its members regularly appear before the UKIPO, High Court, and Court of Appeal, as well as the Supreme Court. Head of chambers Nicholas Caddick KC was instructed on behalf of the claimant in Studiocanal Films v Wild Bunch SA, a High Court action regarding a copyright licence agreement for fifteen animated films made by Studio Ghibli. Roger Wyand KC advises on a range of patent cases involving pharmaceuticals, life sciences, and electronics, and Alastair Wilson KC is strong on patent actions with heavy technical content. Andrew Norris KC is another notable group member. In team news, Richard Davis KC, who is also qualified as a patent attorney, made silk in 2023 and Simon Malynicz KC joined the set from Three New Square with a strong practice in contentious trade mark matters – he is representing Tesco in a dispute with Lidl regarding an alleged trademark infringement arising from Tesco’s use of a yellow circle in Tesco Clubcard branding.