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High Court of Justice 2002


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THE COURT HAVING ordered 2nd May 2002 that an Inquiry be held as to whether copyright subsists in all or any of the works identified in the substituted Schedule to the Claimant’s particulars of claim (“the Inquiry”)
AND THE DEFENDENTS CONCEDING that copyrights subsists in all of the works identified in the substituted schedule to the Claimant’s particulars of claim of being the works of Aleister Crowley

IT IS BY CONSENT ORDERED
1. that the Claimant’s costs of and occasioned by the Inquiry and the issue of whether copyright subsists in the said works up to [and including] 3rd September 2001 and the costs of this Order be paid by the Defendants. For the avoidance of doubt:
i. Each of the Defendants shall be liable jointly and severally for such costs
ii. Such costs shall include the costs referred to in paragraph 5(xi) of the Order of 2nd May 2001
iii. This Order is without prejudice to the Orders for costs made on 3 rd September 2001
2. that the costs referred to in paragraph 1 above shall be determined by detailed assessment if not agreed
3. that the said assessment shall take place forthwith
4. that thereafter such sums as are found due to the Claimant (if any) together with interest under the Judgments Act 1838 as shall have accrued from the date of this Order shall be paid by the Defendants to the Claimant within 14 days of the date of service upon the Defendants of the final certificate of the court pursuant to paragraph 47.16(3) of part 47 of the Civil Procedure Rules
5. that the foregoing shall be without prejudice to the power of the Court to issue an interim costs certificate pursuant to paragraph 47.15(1)(a) of part 47 of the Civil Procedure Rules

AND IT IS DECLARED
1. that Copyright subsists in all of the works in the substituted schedule to the Claimant’s particulars of claim as being the works of Aleister Crowley and which Schedule, for the purposes of identification has been initialed by the Master
2. that further to the declarations made by the Court pursuant to the inquiry held on 18th and 19th October 200[sic], the Claimant is entitled to the absolute title in the copyrights in all of the works of Aleister Crowley so far as the Court has declared by this Order that copyright in such works subsists


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