Name Hugh Laddie | Role Judge | |
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Died November 28, 2008, London, United Kingdom Books The Modern Law of Copyright and Designs, The Modern Law of Copyright Education St Catharine's College, Cambridge, Aldenham School |
Ucl ibil sir hugh laddie lecture 2015 ip and advocacy with judge alex kozinski
Sir Hugh Ian Lang Laddie (15 April 1946 – 28 November 2008 ) was a judge of the High Court of England and Wales. He was a leader in the field of intellectual property law. He was co-author of the Modern Law of Copyright (1980).
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- Ucl ibil sir hugh laddie lecture 2015 ip and advocacy with judge alex kozinski
- Ucl ibil sir hugh laddie lecture 2012 the growing imperative to internationalise the law
- Personal life
- References

Laddie was educated at Aldenham School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He studied medicine but changed to law. He became a barrister in 1969. He is credited with having developed the idea of applying for an Anton Piller order while still a junior. After 25 years at the bar, he was appointed a High Court judge in April 1995, and was assigned to the Chancery Division, as one of the Patents Court judged.
He resigned from his post as a judge in 2005 "because he found it boring" and felt isolated on the bench. He became a consultant for Willoughby & Partners, a boutique law firm, UK legal arm of Rouse & Co International, a move which was criticized by some. He was thought to be the first High Court judge to resign voluntarily in 35 years, and the first subsequently to join a firm of solicitors. No one since Sir Henry Fisher, in 1970, had resigned from the bench.
He was appointed to a Chair in Intellectual Property Law at University College London, with effect from 1 September 2006. He founded there the Institute of Brand and Innovation Law. The Sir Hugh Laddie chair in Intellectual Property has subsequently been established at UCL.
Ucl ibil sir hugh laddie lecture 2012 the growing imperative to internationalise the law
Personal life
Hugh Laddie married Stecia Zamet in 1970. He died of cancer on 28 November 2008, aged 62.