Performing Right Society Ltd v Ciryl Theatrical Syndicate Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1924
Year1924
CourtCourt of Appeal
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  • Director's Cut - Director Found Personally Liable In Patent Infringement
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 2 Junio 2010
    ..."directed or procured the infringing act" (the Auschina test) (applying Performing Right Society Ltd v Ciryl Theatrical Syndicate Ltd [1924] 1 KB 1 at 15 per Lord Aitkin). The test first suggested by Finkelstein J in an obiter remark in Root Quality Pty Ltd v Root Control Technologies Pty L......
4 books & journal articles
  • REVISITING AUTHORISATION LIABILITY IN COPYRIGHT LAW
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2012, December 2012
    • 1 Diciembre 2012
    ...and In re Aimster Copyright Litigation334 F 3d 643 (7th Cir, 2003). 152 See Performing Right Society Ltd v Ciryl Theatrical Syndicate Ltd[1924] 1 KB 1 at 9; University of New South Wales v Moorhouse(1975) 133 CLR 1 at 12; and CCH Canadian Ltd v Law Society of Upper Canada[2004] 1 SCR 339 at......
  • TORTIOUS ACTS AND DIRECTORS
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2011, December 2011
    • 1 Diciembre 2011
    ...in occupation of the land. 21 [1893] AC 22. 22 Belvedere Fish Guano Co Ltd v Rainham Chemical Works LtdELR [1920] 2 KB 487 at 521–522. 23 [1924] 1 KB 1. 24 See also British Thomson-Houston Co Ltd v Stirling Accessories LtdELR[1924] 2 Ch 33 at 37–38 and 40 where Tomlin J said: “In the presen......
  • Directors’‘Tortious’ Liability: Contract, Tort or Company Law?
    • United Kingdom
    • The Modern Law Review No. 62-1, January 1999
    • 1 Enero 1999
    ...Chemical Works Ltd (in liq) vBelvedere Fish Guano Co Ltd [1921] 2 AC 465; PerformingRight Society Ltd vCiryl Theatrical Syndicate Ltd [1924] 1 KB 1 (CA); Wah Tat Bank Ltd vChan[1975] AC 507 (PC); C Evans & Sons Ltd vSpriteband Ltd [1985] 1 WLR 317.41 Mentmore Manufacturing Co. Ltd vNational......
  • Case Comments: Directors' Co-liability for Delicts
    • South Africa
    • South Africa Mercantile Law Journal No. , August 2019
    • 16 Agosto 2019
    ...on the facts of each case and may involve the making of a policy decision (Performing Right Society Ltd v Ciryl Theatrical Syndicate Ltd [1924] 1 KB 1 (CA) at 9 and 15; Hoover Plc v George Hulme (Stockport) Ltd [1982] FSR 565 at 596-7; White Horse Distillers Ltd & Others v Gregson Associate......

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