Brett v. Gilbert (1605), commonly known as the Case of Mixt Monies, confirms the principle of monetary nominalism in the common law of obligations. It is fundamental to the modern understanding of the legal nature of obligations to pay money and goes far to define a distinctive conception of...

This chapter explains the development during the nineteenth century of the legal structures behind the international monetary union between the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. It thus illustrates the operation of one part of the international gold standard in regulating currency...

This chapter considers the intellectual pedigree of the decision of the English Privy Council in Gilbert v Brett (1604), commonly known as the Case of Mixt Monies. It is the only reported common law decision which considers squarely how the debasement of a commodity currency should affect the...

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) invited the manufacturer of dronedarone (Multaq®, Sanofi-Aventis Limited, UK) to submit evidence on the clinical and cost effectiveness of the anti-arrhythmic drug (AAD) for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial...