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Fisher -v- Brooker - 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' [2009] UKHL 41
Case Summary | Judgment | 4 April 2008
This was a dispute about who wrote and who was entitled to rights in the music of the iconic Procol Harum hit Whiter Shade of Pale. Hammond organist Mathew Fisher claimed joint credit for the composition after 38 years during which he had been content for Gary Brooker to be recognized as the author. Despite the passage of time, the judge was satisfied a fair trial was possible and held in favour of Fisher. The Court of Appeal denied Fisher any pecuniary remedy but his position was restored by the House of Lords.